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YOUNG MEN'S 

Association for Mutual Improvement 

IN THE 

CITY OK ALBANY. 



SKETCH OF THE LIVES 



HARMANUS BLEECKER 

AND 

SEBASTIANA CORNELIA COSTER; 



WITH A HISTORY OF THE 



GIFT OF THE "BLEECKER FUND 



YOUNG MEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS 

TO THE 

Y. nVL". A- 

" HARMANUS BLEECKER HALL" FUND, 



ALBANY, N. Y. : 

WEED, PARSONS & COMPANY, PRINTERS. 
1888. 






BY TRANSFER. 

JUN 3 1910 



CONTE NTS. 



PAGE. 

Officers Y. M. A. for 1887 5 

History of Young Men's Association 7 

Sketch of life of Harmanus Bleecker 11 

Clause from, will of Harmanus Bleecker 13 

The gift to the city by Mrs. Coster 13 

Clause from will of John V. L. Pruyn 19 

Proposition of Amasa J. Parker to the Y. M. A 20 

Report of Joint Committee 22 

Committee of Fifty 24 

Appeal of Citizens' Committee 26 

Letter from Amasa J. Parker 28 

Eesolution of Board of Managers Y. M. A 30 

Programme of concert in Union Hall 32 

Business Committees 33 

List of Subscribers 35 



OFFICERS OF THE Y. M. A. FOR 1887. 



President. 
Eugene Brumaghim. 

First Vice-President. 
S. Ed. Miller. 

Second Vice-President. 
Charles B. Dunham. 

Treasurer. 
Frank Van Derzee. 

Recording Secretary. 
G. James Greene. 

Corresponding Secretary. 
Thos. F. Wilkinson. 



Curators. 
Dr. H. E. Mereness, Dr. L. B. Winnie, 

Wm. H. King. 

Managers. 

Daniel A. Lawler, Chas. B. Dunham, 

Chas. J. Buchanan, Curtis N. Douglass, 

Samuel C. Wooster, Thompson S. Craig, 

Thomas F. Wilkinson, Fred. Easton, 

James W. Ten Eyck, Edward McClaskey, 

S. Ed. Miller, Wm. H. Smith. 

Librarian. 
Burr D. Blair. 

Assistant Librarian. 
Grace Davis. 



BOARD OF LIFE TRUSTEES. 



President. 
Erastus Corning. 

Vice-President. 
Henry R. Pierson. 

Secretary and Treasurer. 
Wm. P. Rudd. 



Maurice E. Viele, John H. Van Antwerp, 

Dudley Olcott, Amasa J. Parker, Jr. 

Ex- Officio. 
Eugene Brumaghim, President, Y. M. A. 
S. Ed. Miller, Vice-President, Y. M. A. 
Frank Van Derzee, Treasurer, Y. M. A. 
Leonard Kip, President Albany Institute. 



HISTORY OF THE Y. M. A. 



The Young Men's Association is the oldest institution of the 
kind in the country. 

In the Argus and Journal of November 30, 1833, appeared 
the following notice: 

" A meeting of the young men of this city, favorable to the 
formation of a Society for Debate and Mental Improvement, will 
take place at the Temperance House, North Market street, 
to-morrow evening at seven o'clock." 

John J. Hill wrote the notice. "The Temperance House" 
stood where the Delavan now stands. The meeting was held. 
The attendance was small, but those present were in earnest. 
John J. Hill is the only man now living who was there. Plans 
were presented and discussed; a committee to prepare an address 
to the young men of the city was appointed, and an adjourn- 
ment to December 4th, was voted. 

At this adjourned meeting, this committee, consisting of 
Henry Hart, then a teacher in the Albany Female Academy, 
father of the well-known Bret Harte, John J. Hill and others, 
reported an address which was adopted. This paper soon 
secured about two himdred signatures. 

On the evening of December 10th, 1833, a third meeting was 
held in the Mayor's Court Room, City Hall. The attendance 
was large; Charles A. Hopkins was called to the chair; William 
Green and Sidney Sawyer were the secretaries. It resulted in 
a committee to draft a constitution and nominate officers. 

The original constitution, prepared by Amos Dean, is still 
preserved in the safe of the Association, signed by about seven 
hundred and fifty names. It is an interesting document, con- 
taining, as it does, the names of most of the young men who 



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were the glory of the city fifty years ago, many of whom have 
since been its leading citizens in every department of enterprise 
and honor. 

The first election took place December 13th, resulting in the 
choice of Amos Dean for president; Eobert E. Ward, William 
Jackson, Eobert L. Kearney, vice-presidents; Theodore Olcott, 
treasurer; William Green, recording secretary; John Van 
Schaick, corresponding secretary; Philo K. Cole, Daniel Camp- 
bell, William Parmelee, Sidney Sawyer, Walter R. Bush, Deni- 
son Worthington, Samuel M. Woodruff, Charles Woodhouse, 
William E. Bleecker and Henry Hart, managers. 

The board met for organization the next morning after elec- 
tion, December 14th, in the supervisors' room, City Hall, and 
meetings were held daily for many days afterward. Almost the 
first act of the executive committee was to sign the following 
agreement: 

"We agree to become jointly responsible, equally with each 
other for all sums of money, expended by our order, for the 
Young Men's Association of Mutual Improvement, while we 
continue members of the executive committee." 

Knickerbocker Hall then stood on Broadway, between Maiden 
Lane and State street, where Coming's hardware store formerly 
stood, and in it the Young Men's Association found its first 
home. A reading room was started and lectures arranged — the 
board becoming personally responsible for rent, furniture and 
other expenses. 

The lecture course met with much favor and was productive of 
good results. The Association was incorporated under an act of 
the Legislature, March 12, 1835, chapter 31. Acts in refer- 
ence to the Association were passed April 24, 1872, chapter 
341; March 23, 1877, chapter 62; May 9, 1878, chapter 236. 

Its declared purpose is that of " establishing and maintaining 
a library room, reading room, literary and scientific lectures 
and other means of promoting moral and intellectual improve- 
ment." 

The first annual meeting was held at Knickerbocker Hall, 
February 3, 1834. This hall was occupied by the Association 
until 1840, when rooms were taken in the Exchange Building, 
State street, standing where the Government Building now is; 



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and remained there until 1852, when the removal to the Com- 
mercial Bank building took place. 

In this latter building, they occupied not only a library and 
reading room, but also a hall, where public entertainments were 
frequently given, and which was known for many years as 
"Association Hall." 

In 1870 the Association removed to Martin Hall, on South 
Pearl street. During this time, the institution was not prosper- 
ous. It became somewhat involved financially, and required a 
united public effort to place it again upon a solid foundation. 
More instrumental in strengthening the Association at this time, 
than any thing else, was the offer of Hon. John V. L. Pruyn, as 
trustee of the estate of the late Harmanus Bleecker, of a lease, 
for a term of years to the Association, of the property on North 
Pearl, Steuben and Chapel streets. This offer was accepted. 
Under it the Association secured comfortable and commodious 
library and reading rooms, and an income from rentals, which 
gave to the Association its rent free. This property was first 
occupied under this lease, in May, 1877. Judge Amasa J. Par- 
ker as successor to John V. L. Pruyn, renewed the lease at its 
expiration, and the Association has since been steadily growing 
in strength and usefuluess. 

On January 7, 1888, all of the real estate occupied and 
leased by the Association was conveyed to the Y. M. A., and it 
now lives in its own building through the generosity and public 
spirit of Harmanus Bleecker and the citizens of Albany. On 
Wednesday evening, December 12, 1883, the public exercises 
of the semi-centennial anniversary were held in the Leland 
Opera House. Hon. Henry R. Pierson, presided. The exercises 
consisted of an Address of Welcome by Oren E. Wilson, presi- 
dent Y. M. A. ; Historical Address, Hon. Samuel Hand; Poem, 
William H. McElroy, Esq. ; Oration, Hon. Stewart L. Woodford. 

Among those in attendance upon this occasion was Eev. Charles 
Woodhouse, one of the founders of the institution and a mem- 
ber of its first Executive Committee. The Young Men's Debat- 
ing Society, under the management of the Association, continued 
from January 11, 1834, to January 25, 1856. 

Lecture courses, for many years free to the members, were 
sustained from the first. Local talent was employed, and often 
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the most attractive speakers from abroad were secured on pay- 
ment of their personal expenses. 

It is worthy of note that few men living since 1833, of emi- 
nent ability to interest and instruct popular audiences, can be 
named, who have not appeared on the platform of this Associa- 
tion. Fees for attending lecture courses were first taken in 
1854-5. 

The Association has had many generous gifts in books, 
periodicals, money, furniture, pictures, free lectures and other 
gratuitous service. It has had tried and true friends among 
its life members and others, who have come to its relief in 
time of need. Among its earlier benefactors were Stephen 
Van Rensselaer, from whom it derived its first gift of $100 ; R. 
B. Huygens, Martin Van Buren, Rev. Dr. E. N. Kirk, Joel 
Munsell, Thomas W. Olcott, Thurlow Weed, William H. Dewitt 
and others. Edwin Forrest, the distinguished actor, gave the 
profits of a benefit January 8, 1834. Dr. George Cook, an Eng- 
lish surgeon, sometimes resident here, made a donation of $1,000, 
spent in useful books of his own selection, between 1834 and 
1852, many of which remain in the library. The largest gift, 
up to this time, comes from a bequest of the late Hon. Erastus 
Corning, amounting to $10,000, the benefit of which the Associa- 
tion has constantly realized. This pamphlet tells of the endow- 
ment of the Young Men's Association to the amount of nearly 
$200,000. 

It is creditable to the city. It speaks alike of the generosity 
of our citizens and of the place which this Association occupies 
among the institutions of our city. 



YOUNG MEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



HARMANUS BLEECKER. 



[The following sketch of the life of Harmanus Bleecker, the extract from 
his will, the deed by his widow to the late Hon. John V. L. Pruyn, and his 
delegation of the trust to Judge Amasa J. Parker, was published in the 
Albany Eoening Times of March 30, 1886.] 

Some account of this public benefactor is now in order. 
Harmanus Bleecker was what the newspapers delight to call an 
"Old Albanian/' He was the fifth in descent from Jan Jansen 
Bleecker, who came from Holland to New Amsterdam (now 
New York city) in 1658, and settled subsequently in Albany, 
where he died in 1732, at the age of ninety-one years. He was 
one of the first aldermen of this city named in its charter of 
1686 and afterward held the office of recorder from 1696 to 
1699, and of mayor in 1700. Two of his four sons, Rutger,and 
Johannes, held, also, the offices of recorder and mayor of this 
city. Harmanus, son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Wendell) Bleecker, 
was born October 9, 1779, and died at No. 42 Chapel street, July 
19, 1849. His remains repose in lot sixty-one, section 3, Rural 
Cemetery, and his portrait hangs in the rooms of the Young 
Men's Association. 

Having no taste for the mercantile pursuits of his father, he 
chose the profession of law. John V. Henry and James Emott, 
eminent counselors of that day, were his tutors. He was admit- 
ted to practice in 1801, when in his twenty-second year. Theo- 
dore Sedgwick, of Berkshire county, Mass., became his partner. 
The law partnership of Bleecker & Sedgwick continued many 
years, and gained an honorable and lucrative practice. Mr. 
Bleecker especially, had a State-wide reputation as an eminent 
advocate. His name is frequently found in the pages of the 
reports of the days of Kent, Spencer, and those other eminent 
lights of the law at that time connected with very important 
causes. Their office was thronged with students, many of whom 



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attained eminent rank in the legal profession. David Dudley 
Field, of New York, and Bradford K. Wood, of this city, 
and William H. Bogart, of Aurora, are still among the living. 
Later in his professional life Peter Seton Henry was his partner. 
In politics he was first a federalist, and represented this district 
in the Twelfth Congress, 1811 to 1813. In the sessions of 
1814 and 1815 he was a member of the State Assembly. Later 
in life he was appointed charge d'affaires to The Hague by 
his friend Martin Van Buren, and held that position from 
May, 1839, for many years. On the occasion of his going 
abroad a public dinner was given him as an expression of esteem 
by his fellow-citizens. Previous to this he had served on the 
commission to determine the boundary between New York and 
New Jersey, and declined the office of Adjutant-General ten- 
dered him by De Witt Clinton. 

In literature he had a good classical education without gradu- 
ation at college, and when retired from active life, he devoted 
himself to the studies of literature and theology with great zeal. 
In 1817 he was elected a member of the Phi Beta Kappa of 
Union, and in 1843 received the degree of LL. D. from that col- 
lege. It is said that he was a master of the Dutch language and 
literature, and spoke and wrote it with purity and elegance. 

He was an active and judicious friend of popular learning. 
For some years he was a trustee of the Albany Academy. From 
1822 to 1834 he was a Eegent of the University, and at the time 
of his decease he had been for several years a valued member of 
the executive committee of the Normal School. 

A man of religious thought and pure life, he attended the 
church of his father, of which Eev. J. Wilbur Chapman is now 
pastor, for most of his life. In 1811 he was on the first Board 
of Managers of the American Bible Society. In the latter part 
of his life he attended upon the Unitarian preaching in this city. 
On occasions of public gatherings he was often called to preside, 
which service he performed with grace, dignity and presence. 
The St. Nicholas Benevolent Society, which held in its member- 
ship the best Dutch blood of the city, honored him for many 
years with its presidency. 

He married, while residing in Holland, Sebastiana Cornelia 
Mentz, of Arnhem, Holland, who came with him to Albany and 



YO UNG MEN'S ASSOCIA TION. 1 3 

helped cheer his later years. He left no children, and having 
quite a handsome property, it was his desire that it should go 
after the death of his wife to the city of Albany. This, how- 
ever, does not appear in his will, and his widow, to whom the 
property was left unreservedly, could have kept every dollar of 
it had she so chosen, as will be seen by the following residuary 
clause from the last will and testament of Harmanns Bleecker, 
proved and recorded September 8, 1849 : 

The Original Will. 

I devise and bequeath all the rest and residue of my estate, 
real and personal, to my beloved wife, Sebastiana Cornelia, to 
her sole and separate use, exclusive and independent of any hus- 
band she may have, so as not to be subject to his control, debts 
or contracts, or to any judgment or executions against him, or 
to any act or thing done or suffered by him, and so that such 
husband shall not in any event have any interest therein, and 
that she may dispose thereof, or any part thereof, by will or 
otherwise, in like manner, and with like effect, as if she was sole 
and unmarried. 

I appoint my wife, Sebastiana Cornelia, executrix, and John 
V. L. Pruyn of the city of Albany, counselor-at-law, and Theo- 
dore Sedgewick, executors of this will. 

Witnessed by Weare C. Little and Eufus Gr. Beard slie of 
Albany. 

In due course of time the widow married Mr. Coster and went 
to the Netherlands, where she resided until her death. Before 
going, she executed the following deed of trust, which sets forth 
the full particulars of the gift to the city and the conditions 
controlling it. 

The Gift to the City. 

This indenture made the twenty-eighth day of February, in 
the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and fifty-two, between 
Sebastiana Cornelia Coster (late Sebastiana Cornelia Bleecker), 
widow of Harmanus Bleecker, late of the city of Albany, in the 
State of New York, deceased, and now the wife of Hendrick 
Coster, presently residing in the said city, of the first part; the 
said Hendrick Coster, of the second part; John V. L. Pruyn, of 
said city, counselor at law, of the third part. 

Whereas, The said Harmanus Bleecker, departed this life 
at the city of Albany, aforesaid, on or about the 19th day of 



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July, 1849, and the said party of the first part, has lately inter- 
married with the said Hendrick Coster, of Alkmaan, in the 
kingdom of the Netherlands, and is now his wife, these presents, 
therefore, witness: 

That the said party of the first part in consideration of the 
premises and of the sum of $10, to her in hand paid by the said 
party of the second part, hereby gives and grants to the said party 
of the second part, from and immediately after the death of the 
said party of the first part, if the said party of the second part 
survive her, for and during the period of his natural life, the 
estate and property hereinafter described and mentioned; and 

Whereas, The said Bleecker, by his last will and testament, 
bearing date the 15th day of October, 1847, aud a codicil thereto 
bearing date the 30th day of April, 1849, after making certain 
specific legacies, gave and devised all the residue of his estate, 
both real and personal, comprising nearly the whole thereof to 
his wife the said Sebastiana Cornelia, to her sole and separate 
use exclusive and independent of any husband she might have, 
and afterwards and at the time in that behalf hereinbefore men- 
tioned, departed this life at the said city of Albany without 
having in any way revoked said will, and the same was duly 
proved before the surrogate of the county of Albany as a will of 
both real and personal estate, and recorded as such on or about 
the 8th day of September, 1849, as by the said will or the record 
will more fully appear, on which said will, letters testamentary 
were issued by the said surrogate to the said Sebastiana Cornelia 
Bleecker, the executrix therein named; the said John V. L. 
Pruyn and Theodore Sedgewick executors named therein not 
having assumed the execution thereof; and 

Whereas, The said Harmanus Bleecker (although the resid- 
uary devise and bequest so as aforesaid made by him, in and by 
his last will and testament, was made absolutely to his said wife 
without any trust in regard thereto or any limitation or condi- 
tion whatever), intended, and such was the verbal understand- 
ing between himself and his said wife, that the capital or prin- 
cipal of the said estate and property so devised and bequeathed, 
or the great bulk thereof, should eventually be applied in some 
judicious way to be permanently beneficial to the said city of 
Albany, his native city; but not having finally decided upon the 
best manner of disposing of the same, in order to carry out and 
effectuate his intentions, made the devise and bequest thereof to 
his said wife, absolutely confiding in the integrity of her char- 
acter for the eventual appropriation thereof in such manner as 
should, in her judgment, best tend to carry out his general views 
in regard thereto. 



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And Whereas, The said Sebastiana Cornelia, with her said 
husband is now about to leave the United States for Europe, for 
a considerable period, and may be absent several years, and no 
scheme having as yet been fixed upon by her for the eventual 
appropriation of the said estate and property, and not consider- 
ing it expedient nor harmonizing with the views of the said 
Harmanus Bleecker to perfect one at this time, she has consid- 
ered it proper in view of her said contemplated absence and of 
the changes and uncertainty of life, to make the arrangement 
best suited in her judgment to secure the eventual fulfilment of 
the intentions of the said Harmanus Bleecker, by executing to 
the said John V. L. Pruyn, the conveyance and transfer to him 
in this instrument contained, trusting to his personal integrity 
to carry out eventually the views and wishes of the said Har- 
manus Bleecker in regard to the property so conveyed and trans- 
ferred, in such manner as he shall deem best, with which views 
and wishes, he, as the personal friend, of the said Harmanus 
Bleecker for many years before his death, became acquainted to 
a great extent. Now, therefore, this indenture witnesseth, 

That the said party of the first part, in consideration of the 
premises, and of the sum of one dollar to her in hand paid by 
the said party of the third part, the receipt whereof is hereby 
confessed, hath granted, bargained, transferred and conveyed, 
and doth hereby grant, bargain, transfer and convey to the said 
party of the third part, and to his heirs and assigns, from and 
immediately after the death of the said party of the first part, 
and of her husband, the said Hendrick Coster, should he sur- 
vive her, all and singular, the estate and property, real and per- 
sonal, hereinafter mentioned, and which belonged to the said 
Harmanus Bleecker at the time of his death, to wit: 

The premises in the city of Albany bounded easterly in front 
by North Pearl street, northerly by Steuben street, westerly by 
Chapel street, and southerly by premises now or lately owned by 
Edward C. Delavan, with the six three-story brick dwelling- 
houses thereon, two fronting on each of said streets, that at the 
corner of Steuben and Chapel streets having been the residence 
of the said Harmanus Bleecker at the time of and for several 
years before his death. On these premises there was a mortgage 
at the time of the death of the said Harmanus Bleecker, orig- 
inally given to the executors of the estate of Thomas Gould, 
deceased, on which about $11,500 of principal money re- 
mained unpaid, and of which the said Sebastiana Cornelia has 
heretofore taken an assignment to protect and defend the title to 
the said premises. 

Also on lots Nos. 10, 66, 67 and 122 on the Albany pier, as 
originally laid out by the commissioner for erecting the said 
pier, with all the rights, franchises and privileges belonging 



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thereto. On said lot No. 122, the said Sebastiana Cornelia has, 
since the death of the said Harmanus Bleecker, erected a brick 
building at the cost of about $4,500. 

One hundred and sixty-seven shares of $100 each at par of the 
Utica and Schenectady Eailroad Company, 110 shares of which 
now stand in the name of Sebastiana Cornelia Bleecker, and fifty- 
seven shares in the name of Sebastiana Cornelia Coster. 

Thirty-three shares of the third increase of the stock of said 
company issued since the death of Harmanus Bleecker, on each 
of which shares $60 have been paid subject to the further pay- 
ment of $40 on each of the said shares, being part of the thirty- 
nine shares which stand in the name of Sebastiana Cornelia 
Bleecker. 

Two hundred and fifty-three shares of the capital stock of the 
Mechanics and Farmers' Bank in the city of Albany, of $17 each, 
now standing in the name of Sebastiana Cornelia Bleecker. (As 
the charter of the bank is about expiring, it is understood that 
the present capital of this stock at par, or any part thereof, may 
be re-invested in any bank or banking association intended either 
wholly, or in part, to take the place of the present institution. 

Thirty shares of $20 each of the stock, of the Albany Gas 
Light Company, standing in the name of the said Sebastiana 
Cornelia Bleecker. 

To have and to hold the said estate and property above de- 
scribed and mentioned to the said John V. L. Pruyn from and 
immediately after the death of the said Sebastiana Cornelia and 
of the said Hendrick Coster, her present husband, if he survived 
her, and to his heirs and assigns forever. And although this 
grant is made and is hereby declared and intended to be made 
to the said party of the third part as fully and absolutely as 
the party of the first part can make the same, and without any 
qualification, trust, condition or limitation whatever, and with- 
out any accountability by him, legal or otherwise, to any court 
or tribunal on any pretense whatsoever; it is nevertheless so made 
by the party of the first part in the confident expectation and 
hope that the said party of the third part will faithfully apply 
the said property and the net proceeds thereof on the termina- 
tion of the life estates therein of the said party of the first part 
of her said present husband, after deducting all such expenses 
and charges as he shall consider proper and reasonable, in such 
way and manner as he, in the exercise of his own judgment and 
discretion, by any plan or scheme to be fixed by him, either 
wholly or in part, and at any one time or from time to time before 
or after the termination of the said life estates, shall deem the most 
judicious and advisable in order to carry out the views and 
wishes of the said Harmanus Bleecker as hereinbefore referred 
to, without any accountability to any body, person or tribunal 



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for the way or manner in which he shall dispose of the said prop- 
erty and estate, or any part thereof, and it is declared to be the 
intention and express wish of the said party of the first part, that 
the party of the third part, before making such application, and 
from time to time until the same shall be made after the termi- 
nation of the said life estate, shall retain for his use the sum of 
five per cent on all the moneys and the value of all the property 
and estate, which may be so applied by him as aforesaid, in 
carrying out the intention of the said Harmanus Bleecker, as 
aforesaid, as a compensation for his care and trouble in regard 
thereto, and it is also the expectation and desire of the party of 
the first part, that the party of the third part will, by his last 
will and testament, or otherwise, or by the passage of a law by 
the Legislature, to be applied for by him, in order to carry out 
and more effectually to secure the ultimate accomplishment of 
the object sought to be obtained hereby, in such form as may be 
deemed most advisable, provide for the protection and for the 
application of the property hereby absolutely conveyed and trans- 
ferred to him as aforesaid in the event of his death before the 
termination of the said life estate therein of the parties of the 
first and second parts or before the eventual application thereof 
in like manner as he would have expected to apply the same if 
living. And, although the confidence hereby placed in the said 
party of the third part is large and unlimited, the party of the 
first part feels justified in so placing the same from what she 
well knows to have been the views of the said Harmanus 
Bleecker, deceased, in reference to the said party of the third 
part. 

And it is hereby declared that in the execution of the personal 
confidence hereby placed in the party of the third part, when- 
ever he may see fit or be authorized by law to carry out the same 
in due form, he shall not be personally liable for any investments 
or charges on the said estate, which he may see fit from time to 
time to make, and which he is expected to make, in such way 
and manner, and as often as he shall deem the same proper, or 
as incurring personal liability in any way as to the management, 
control or disposition of the said estate, or any part thereof; 
but the most liberal discretion is expected to be exercised by him 
in every way for the proper carrying out and execution of the 
personal confidence so placed in him as aforesaid. 

And it is further declared to be the true intent and meaning 
of these presents that nothing herein contained shall be deemed 
to impair or affect the right of the said party of the first part to 
collect, receive and enjoy during the period of her natural life 
the rents, income and profits, ordinary and extraordinary, of 
the said estate and property hereinbefore described to and for 
her own use, and as her separate property and estate free from 



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the control of her said present or any future husband and not in 
any way or manner subject to his debts, control, disposition or 
management. 

And it is farther agreed that the buildings on the said real 
estate shall at all times be kept in suitable repair and condition 
and reasonably insured against loss by fire out of the rents and 
profits thereof. And in case of fire that the insurance moneys 
shall be applied, if considered most judicious by the said parties 
of the first and third parts, to the reconstruction of the building 
or buildings destroyed in such manner as may be considered most 
judicious. 

It is hereby also agreed upon that the stocks hereinbefore re- 
ferred to are to be transferred and held in such manner as the 
said Sebastiana Cornelia and the said party of the third part 
may agree upon in order to promote the convenience and secure 
the interest of both parties. 

And the said party of the second part, in consideration of the 
premises and of the sum of $10 to him in hand paid by the said 
party of the third part, doth hereby release and quit-claim to 
the said party of the third part all and singular any right, inter- 
est or estate he may have in or to the said property and estate 
hereinbefore conveyed and transferred to the said party of the 
third part, other than that given and granted to him, the said 
party of the second part, by the party of the first part. 

In witness whereof said parties have hereunto set their hands 
and seals, the day and year first above mentioned. 

Sebastiana Cornelia Coster. 
Hend'k Costee. 
John V. L. Pruyn. 

State of New York, City of Albany. 

Attested February 28, 1852, by Philip Ten Eyck, Commis- 
sioner of Deeds. 



The Law on the Subject. 
The legacy having now come under control of the Hon. John 
V. L. Pruyn, late Chancellor of the University, he secured the 
passage of a special act which forms chapter 315, Laws of 1852, 
relative to certain property held by John V. L. Pruyn, and pro- 
vides in substance: 

That the real and personal property derived by Sebastiana 
Cornelia Coster, of Albany, from her former husband, Harmanus 
Bleecker, and which property, reserving a life interest therein, 
was transferred by Cornelia and her husband Hendrick Coster, 



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of the Kingdom of Netherlands, to John V. L. Prnyn, by in- 
denture dated February 28, 1852, recorded in the county clerk's 
office March 3, 1852, and the proceeds of such property shall 
not be subject to the individual debts of said Pruyn. And it 
shall be lawful for him by any instrument in writing or by his 
last will and testament to provide, after the life estates so reserved, 
for the future management thereof, and for the application of 
the capital and incomes for such uses and purposes and to such 
person or persons or body corporate for such time and on such 
terms and conditions as the said J. V. L. Pruyn in his judgment 
and discretion may deem best calculated to carry out the views 
and intentions of the said Harmanus Bleecker, referred to in the 
said indenture, in desiring ultimately to make the said property 
beneficial to his native city. 

Transferred to Judge Parker. 
Mrs. Coster outlived Mr. Pruyn, who died November 21, 1877, 
and so long as her life interest continued, nothing could be done. 
Mr. Pruyn provided for the transfer of the trust, by the follow- 
ing clause in his will, as recorded January 17, 1878: 

Fourteenth. — The real and personal property owned and held 
by me under and in virtue of a deed and transfer from Sebastiana 
Cornelia Coster (widow of Harmanus Bleecker, deceased) and 
Hendrick Coster, her husband, bearing date the 28th day of Febru- 
ary, 1852, recorded in the clerk's office of the city and county of 
Albany, the second of March, 1852, and referred to in an act of 
the Legislature of the State of New York, passed April 15, 1852, 
I do give, devise and bequeath to Amasa J. Parker, of the city 
of Albany, absolutely and. unconditionally in the said property 
referred to in the said deed, as fully and completely as I am 
thereby requested to do. I am sure that the honorable confidence 
reposed in me will thus be faithfully respected and fulfilled. An 
inventory of the said property as it existed on the 7th day of 
June, 1855, signed by me, will be found in a statement or account 
book, marked on the fly-leaf "Bleecker estate." 

Mrs. Coster died on the 10th of April, 1885, and after con- 
cluding certain legal formalities in Holland, and considering 
several different plans for applying the property for the benefit 
of the city of Albany, Judge Parker, on the 13th of December, 
1886, sent the following communication to the Young Men's 
Association: 



HISTOR Y OF THE 



To the Members of the Young Men's Association of the City of 
Albany.- 

I believe all agree that a public hall which will seat two thous- 
and five hundred persons, opening to the street upon the ground 
floor and made as nearly fire-proof as possible, is greatly needed 
in this city, and that the almost continued demand for such a 
hall would secure a large income to the owner; and I have been 
asked to so dispose of the Bleecker fund as to secure the con- 
struction of such a hall, and to have the income from it devoted 
to the promotion of the objects of your Association. 

It is believed that by doing so the usefulness of your Associa- 
tion would be largely extended, and that it would enable you in 
due time, among other things, to establish free libraries in dif- 
ferent parts of the city. 

The Bleecker fund alone would not be sufficient to accomplish 
all that is desired, but I have been assured by members of your 
Association that an amount could be added from private sub- 
scriptions sufficient to secure the object in view. 

I believe your Association to be a most desirable instrument- 
ality for doing good, and I am ready to co-operate with it if I 
can be satisfied we can depend upon a successful result. But 
first I must know just what is thought best to be done by those 
belonging to your Association. 

If, with the hall, a building is to be erected for the various 
uses of your Association, it is desired by many that a room 
should also be set apart in it for the Albany Institute, and 
another for the Historical Society, and it is necessary for you to 
decide just what building is to be erected, and to fix on its size 
and ascertain its cost, that I may make some distinct proposi- 
tion to you as to the sum to be raised by subscription. 

As to the means at my disposal I can say that, in addition to 
providing the land for the building, I can aid to the extent of 
about $100,000, about $60,000 of which is in real estate assessed 
at that sum, being the same real estate now held by you under 
lease from me, and about $40,000 is in securities, readily con- 
vertible into cash, and reaching that amount at their present 
market value. 

I am told the real estate is very desirable property, and can be 
sold for at least the sum named, but that might require time 
and cause delay. 

If the Bleecker fund is to go for the benefit of your Associa- 
tion, I should much prefer that $25,000 of it at least should 
remain on investment, and with the $10,000 Corning fund it 
would assure you a reliable income independent of other means. 
This would give you the benefit of using about $75,000 of the 
Bleecker fund in building, in addition to the cost of the land, 
n all, about $100,000 for the building and lot. 



YOUNG MEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



With the aid and advice of some of the most valuable of your 
members I have selected a lot for the building on the north side 
of Washington avenue, between Dove and Lark streets, one 
hundred and twenty-two feet wide and three hundred and thirty 
feet deep. This would give ample room for a hall one hundred 
feet front and one hundred and fifty feet deep, and for such 
other building as may be decided upon. 

If it cannot be made available for the purposes of your Asso- 
ciation, I will use the land in giving some other direction to the 
Bleecker fund, but I should much prefer giving to your Associa- 
tion the benefit of it, and placing your institution on a firm and 
independent foundation. 

After you have concluded what is best to be done and I am 
informed of your views and wishes, I will communicate further 
with you on the subject. 

Of course, if your Association is to receive the benefit of this 
fund, and is to do what is proposed, it will be necessary to pro- 
cure an amendment to your charter, enlarging your powers, and 
making, perhaps, other desirable changes. 

With my best wishes for the prosperity of your Association, 
which has done much good in the past and, with larger means, 
can do very much more in the future, I am, 

Yours respectfully, 

Amasa J. Parker. 

Albany, December 13, 1886. 

The Board of Managers of the Association, at a meeting held 
December 14, 1886, accepted the offer so generously made by 
Judge Parker, in the following resolution: 

Resolved, "That the generous proposition of Hon. Amasa J. 
Parker, giving to the Y. M. A. the use of the Bleecker fund, 
for the building of a Public Hall and Library Building, to be 
under the management of the Association be accepted, and that 
this Association will endeavor to carry the same to a successful 
completion." 

Upon the 20th January, 1887, at a joint conference of com- 
mittees appointed from the life members, ex-presidents, board 
of managers and life trustees of the Young Men's Association, 
a committee was appointed to formulate the views and wishes 
of the Young Men's Association in relation to the proposition 
contained in the communication of Judge Parker to the Associa- 
tion. At a meeting held March 9, 1887, this committee reported 
as follows : 



HISTORY OF THE 



To the Members of the Joint Committee Representing the Life 
Members, ex- Presidents, Board of Managers and Life Trustees 
of the Young Men's Association. 

Gentlemen. — The undersigned committee, appointed at a 
meeting held on the 20th day of January last to formulate the 
views and wishes of the Young Men's Association in relation to 
the proposition contained in the communication addressed by the 
Hon. Amasa J. Parker to the members of the Young Men's Asso- 
ciation, would respectfully report that they have carefully con- 
sidered the subject with reference to the present and future in- 
terests of our Association, having also in mind the welfare of the 
people resident in the city of Albany. 

We have had, as a committee, frequent meetings with Hon. 
Amasa J. Parker, at which there has been a full and free discus- 
sion of the matter in all its bearings. 

From him we have learned that his only wish is to do, as trus- 
tee of the estate of Harmanus B]eecker, that which will result in 
the greatest good to the community in which we live, and that 
he firmly believes the Young Men's Association to be the best 
instrumentality for attaining that end, and that the same may 
be reached by making it possible for the Young Men's Associa- 
tion to provide this city with a large, fully-equipped and well- 
arranged public hall. 

Further, that it is the desire of Judge Parker that the Young 
Men's Association should not accept of any proposition which 
he might make, unless, by so doing, the institution will be mate- 
rially benefited, and be the better able to increase its power for 
doing good. - . 

He has said, in substance, to us: "I have, as trustee, a plot 
of ground on the north side of Washington avenue, one hundred 
and twenty-three feet wide by three hundred aud thirty feet deep, 
running through to Elk street, and in addition about 8100,000, 
$60,000 of which is invested in the property on North Pearl, 
Steuben and Chapel streets, where our library rooms now are, 
and $40,000 of which is in personal property. Can and will the 
Association take all of this property, and with it erect a public 
hall upon the Washington avenue plot, and in the undertaking 
devise means whereby the Association will not only be able to 
assume the new responsibilities, but will also be stronger by rea- 
son thereof?" 

Further than we have indicated, Judge Parker imposes no 
conditions upon our acceptance of the proposition. Having thus 
outlined what we believe to be the relations now existing between 
Judge Parker, as trustee, and the Young Men's Association, so 
far as the matter under advisement is concerned, we will now ex- 
press our opinion as to the "views and wishes" of the Young 
Men's Association in reference thereto. 



YO UNG MEN'S ASSOC/A TION. 23 

First. — It is the unanimous belief of this committee that the 
plot of ground on Washington avenue selected by Judge Parker 
is well adapted for the location of a public hall. 

It is vacant, well graded, sloping gently to the north, reaching 
from street to street, upon one of the finest avenues of the city, 
easily reached from all parts, and so situated that it is most con- 
venient to the great mass of the population of the city for the 
purposes for which it is intended. 

Second. — That it is the wish of the Young Men's Association 
to avail itself of the offer made by Judge Parker, and to erect 
upon the land referred to a public hall. 

Now as to the method to be adopted, your committee, in de- 
ciding upon that method, have been aided greatly by the services 
of architects and builders, who gave to us sketches and reliable 
estimates of the cost of such a building as we thought would be 
required, and guided by these estimates we recommed that the 
Association undertake the erection of a public hall upon the 
Washington avenue site, and that such building be placed upon 
the lot to the rear, leaving a space in front for a building, here- 
after to be constructed, for the use of the Young Men's Associa- 
tion library; that the public hall shall be a building substantially 
built, capable of seating two thousand and five hundred persons, 
with the auditorium upon the ground floor, practically fire-proof 
and with all the most modern appliances. Such a building 
can be constructed and furnished complete for about $95,000. 

As to the means of securing the amount required, Judge 
Parker offers us 140,000 in cash, the Association has in the 
hands of its trustees $10,000, available, as we understand, for 
such purpose, making $50,000 in all, exclusive of any money 
which might be realized by the sale of the property owned by 
Judge Parker as trustee, and now occupied by the Young Men's 
Association. In order that we may own the property just re- 
ferred to, free from incumbrances, securing an income to the 
Association therefrom, and with a view of keeping the library 
and reading-rooms where they now are, until such time as it is 
deemed wise to remove them, we recommend that the sum of 
$45,000 required to erect the hall over the sum of $50,000, which 
we are now able to realise, be raised by subscription. This 
scheme, as outlined, making it possible for the Young Men's 
Association to own a public hall, which, with the land upon 
which it stands, will have cost $122,000, and to own in aidition 
the property on North Pearl street, corner Steuben street, as- 
sessed at $63,000, which latter property will provide the Young 
Men's Association with library rooms, together with an income 
for its maintenance, and which will, no doubt, increase in value 
materially during the next few years. In other words, in order 
that the Young Men's Association may thus become the owner 



24 HISTOR Y OF THE 



of property valued at $185,000, to be devoted entirely to the 
public benefit, it is necessary that the Young Men's Association 
shall secure by donation the sum of $45,000. 

We believe that the plan thus proposed, if approved of by jdu, 
is entirely practicable, and if carried out in the material points 
will result in the great public benefit such as has been conceived 
by Judge Parker. 

Eespectfully submitted, 

Wm. P. Rudd, 
John Templeton, 
J. Townsend Lansing, 
Charles J. Buchanan, 
Harmon P. Read, 
Edmund L. Judson. 
Dated Albany, N. Y., March 9, 1887. 



Nothing of importance was, however, done toward raising the 
amount of money requisite to enable the Association to take ad- 
vantage of the gift, until the 5th of October, 1887, when a joint 
meeting of the trustees and managers was held, and plans for 
raising the $50,000 required were carefully considered. As a 
result of this meeting, a committee of Five was appointed to 
name a committee of Fifty who should commence at once the 
work of securing subscriptions. At the next meeting, the 
names of the following gentlemen Avere presented as such com- 
mittee : 

Board of Managers. 

Eugene Brumaghim, Chas. B. Dunham, 

S. Ed. Miller, Jr., Henry E. Mereness, 

G. James Greene, Curtiss N. Douglas, 

Frank Van Derzee, Fred. Easton, 

Chas. J. Buchanan, Edw. McClaskey, 

Thos. F. Wilkinson, Wm. H. King, 

Samuel C. Wooster, Lansing B. Winne, 

Dan'l A. Lawler, Thompson L. Craig, 

James W. Ten Eyck, Wm. H. Smith. 

Board of Trustees. 

Erastus Corning, Maurice E. Viele, 

Henry R. Pierson, Amasa J. Parker, Jr., 

John H. Van Antwerp, Wm. P. Rudd. 
Dudley Olcott, 



YOUNG MEN'S ASSOCIATION. 25 



Citizens. 

John Boyd Thacher, Wm. H. Haskell, 

Archibald McClure, H. S. Van Santvoord, 

J. Howard King, Willis G. Nash, 

Thos. McCredie, Geo. E. Oliver, 

Dean Sage, G-. Henry Secor, 

Edmund L. Judson, Harmon P. Eead, 

Wm. Deyermand, M. B. Sherman, 

Grange Sard, A. Ehodes Armington, 

Ohas. L. Pruyn, Wm. E. Scott, 

Oren E. Wilson, Jas. H. Manning, 

Eichard L. Annesley, J. Irving Wendell, 

Arthur L. Andrews, T. J. Williams. 
Albert Hessberg, 



Eugene Brumaghim was chosen Chairman, and Dr. Lansing 
B. Winne, Secretary of this committee. Active work was at once 
begun; but the committee found it difficult to obtain sub- 
scriptions. The work was progressing, however, too slowly to 
insure success before January 1, 1888, the limit of time allowed 
by Judge Parker for the Association to avail itself of his offer. 
Something was necessary to arouse the citizens of Albany to the 
fact that this munificent gift was fast slipping away from them. 
At a meeting of the Committee of Fifty, held at the library 
rooms December 8, 1887, it was decided to call a public meeting 
of the citizens of Albany, to devise means to raise the amount 
required. A committee for that purpose was appointed, which 
accordingly issued the following circular : 

"Albany, E". Y., December 8, 1887. 

"Dear Sir — The contributions for the public hall project 
aggregate only $15,500, or considerably less than one-third of 
the $50,000 required to enable the Young Men's Association to 
avail itself of the 'Bleecker Fund.' Only three weeks remain 
for the Association to secure this fund. 

It has been suggested that a public meeting might arouse 

the citizens of Albany, and stimulate them to the necessity of 

prompt action in regard to this enterprise. Such a meeting has 

been called for eight o'clock p., m., the 14th inst., at the Common 

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26 HISTORY OF THE 

Council chamber, in the City Hall. It is earnestly requested 
that you attend this meeting, and, by your presence, aid in 
furthering this measure. 

Nothing but immediate action will be of the slightest avail. 
Respectfully yours, 

Ciiarles J. Buchanan, 
Albert Hessberg, 
Oren E. Wilson, 
William P. Rudd, 
Eugene Brumaghim 

Committee." 

At this public meeting, held December 14, 1887, Mayor John 
Boyd Thacher presided; John W. McNamara was appointed 
Secretary. Judge Parker plainly and concisely stated the 
amount and condition of the " Bleecker Fund;" his motives in 
giving it to the Association, and the benefits likely to result, 
both to it, and to the city, on account of the gift. 

The following resolution was adopted at this meeting: 

Resolved, That a committee of five persons, of which the 
mayor of Albany shall be chairman, be appointed with full 
power to confer and arrange with Judge Parker as to the pro- 
posed giving by him of the "Bleecker fund" to the Young 
Men's Association, and to make such other arrangements relative 
thereto, and to the raising of the additional sum of $50,000, or 
any part thereof, by the citizens of Albany, as it may deem 
proper and expedient. 

Said committee to be appointed by the chairman of this meet- 
ing on or before the 17th inst. 

Mayor Thacher, as directed by the above resolution, appointed 
as such committee Messrs. John Boyd Thacher, Archibald Mc- 
Clure, Dudley Olcott, Dean Sage, and J. Howard King. On 
December 17, 1887, this committee published in the daily papers 
of the city the following appeal to the citizens of Albany : 

To the Citizens of Albany : 

Harmanus Bleecker left an estate of about $80,000 to John 
V. L. Pruyn in trust, to be used for the benefit of the city of 
Albany as the latter, or his successor, might deem proper. 

Mr. Pruyn delegated the execution of this trust to Judge 
Amasa J. Parker. 



YO UNG MEN'S A SSOCIA TION. 27 

This property now amounts to about $130,000, and consists of 
the real estate at present occupied in part by the Young Men's 
Association, two lots on the pier, and also the lots on Washington 
avenue, pnrchased by Judge Parker for the erection of a pub- 
lic hall, and in government bonds and railroad securities, all of 
which are above par. 

It is optional with Judge Parker, by the terms of his trust, to 
what Albany institution or institutions he gives this property. 

Because of the usefulness of the Young Men's Association, 
and because it is the city's nearest approach to a public library, 
Judge Parker offers to give this entire property to the Associa- 
tion, if the citizens will raise $50,000, the full control of which 
and of the Harmanus Bleecker fund shall be vested in the life 
trustees of the Young Men's Association, at present consisting 
of Erastus Corning, Henry R. Pierson, Dudley Olcott, John H. 
Van Antwerp, Maurice E. Viele, Amasa J. Parker, Jr., William 
P. Rudd and the president, vice-president, and treasurer of the 
Young Men's Association, and the president of the Albany Insti- 
tute, ex officio. 

The only condition he imposes upon the Association is the rais- 
ing of this $50,000 by subscription on or before January 1, 1888. 

The subscriptions need not be paid before May 1, 1888. 

The $50,000 to be subscribed is to be used in the building of 
a public hall of the capacity of two thousand five hundred. 

By subscribing this $50,000, the people of Albany will receive 
a property worth about $180,000. 

The Association will derive the income of the most of the 
fund, which will be invested for that purpose. 

Is not this a good business investment for Albany, and one of 
which it should promptly avail itself? 

The Association has for the last thirteen years received sub- 
stantial assistance by way of a low rental from the Bleecker fund. 

Unless this $50,000 is raised by January 1, 1888, the prestige 
of the Young Men's Association is gone and its days are num- 
bered. 

If this money is not raised promptly the Association will be 
obliged to vacate its present quarters, which means the death of 
this old institution. 

If this money is raised it will put the Association upon a 
sound, reliable basis, and its power to do good will be multiplied 
beyond expression. 

The generosity of Albany was never invoked in behalf of a 
better enterprise. Albany has lost a great deal of money by not 
having a public hall, and this is the cheapest and most feasible 
way ever offered to procure it. 

Is Albany willing to lose this great and lasting benefit by fail- 
ing to raise the comparatively small sum of $50,000, which will 



28 HISTORY OF THE 



make permanent the Young Men's Association, and secure a 
public hall which will be both an ornament and a source of reve- 
nue to the city? Twenty thousand dollars of the $50,000 re- 
quired has already been subscribed. 

Subscriptions for the remaining $30,000 can be sent to Dudley 
Olcott, treasurer, or to any member of the committee. 

The committee, or persons representing them, will solicit for 
further subscriptions immediately. 

John Boyd Thacher, 
Archibald McClure, 
Dean Sage, 
Dudley Olcott, 

Committee. 
Dated Albany, N. Y., December 17, 1887. 

Meetings were held daily at the mayor's office from this time. 
Subscriptions were solicited by all the committees hereinafter 
mentioned, and flowed in freely. The fund, amounting to $16,000 
December 17, 1887, was so increased, until, on the 31st of De- 
cember, it approximated $54,000. On the evening of December 
31st, a committee consisting of Messrs. Brumaghim, Eudd 
and Buchanan, was appointed by the mayor to inform Judge 
Parker that the subscription had been raised. Judge Par- 
ker stated to this committee that he was much gratified at the 
result, and remarked that he would formally announce to the 
Association his acceptance of its action in raising the money, in 
accordance with his original proposition to it. On the 2d of 
January, 1888, Judge Parker sent the following communication 
to the President of the Association: 

" Albany, January 2, 1888. 

"Mr. Eugene Brumaghim, President, etc.: 

" Dear Sir. — Having been notified by you that the sum of 
$50,000 has been subscribed toward the building of the pro- 
posed ' Public Hall,' I state that I am now ready to convey 
to the Young Men's Association, the real property now held 
by lease from me, and to pay over to the treasurer of the 
life trustees of your Association, the sum of $40,000, as agreed. 
There will be some little delay in my conveying the land on which 
the hall is to be erected, consequent upon the substituting of 
new lots for those taken for the armory. I trust, however, the 
proceedings to condemn the lots taken for the armory will soon 
be completed. 



YO UNG MEN'S ASSOCIA TION. 29 

The property conveyed to the Association will be conveyed by 
absolute deeds, and will not be incumbered with any conditions 
subsequent as to the use to be made of it, which might cause > 
hereafter a question of title. I rely, however, with entire con- 
fidence, on the understanding reached after full consultation 
with the life trustees of your Association, that there shall be no 
unnecessary delay in their proceeding to erect on the land con- 
veyed, a hall for public use, upon the ground floor, capable of 
seating 2,500 persons, with not more than one gallery, with pas- 
sage ways on the outside of each side of the building, and with 
doors opening outward on every side, so that in case of fire or 
panic the hall could be emptied with absolute safety in a few 
minutes ; no building to be erected on the land nearer to the 
north side of Washington avenue, than twenty-eight feet, and the 
hall to be constructed of such material as shall make it as nearly 
fire proof as the means furnished will allow. 

I am sure all will agree, as did the life trustees in my confer- 
ence with them, that there shall be chiseled over the front door, 
the words ' Harmanus Bleecker Hall.' It will thus be made an 
enduring monument to the memory of the generous donor. 

It is confidently believed by those who have considered the 
subject, that, with the funds now provided, the best public hall 
in the State can be erected, and one which will attract to it fre- 
quent and large audiences in the future, and lead to the selection 
of this city as the best place for large conventions. 

It was also understood in my conference with the life mem- 
bers, that the means of the Association derived as well from the 
avails of this hall as from the other land conveyed to it, shall be 
used for the establishing of one or more free public libraries for 
the benefit of the citizens of Albany. 

The business interests of the city of Albany will be largely 
promoted by the use of the public hall, and the intellectual im- 
provement of the citizens, by the library ; and the city will thus 
be doubly benefited by the proposed application of the funds. 

I believe that in the disposition I have made of the funds, I 
have carried out the well known wishes of Mr. Bleecker, as ex- 
pressed during the last years of his life. He was a man of broad 
and liberal views, and he desired that the gift, when applied, 
should be made to promote, as far as possible, the interests of all 
the citizens of the city of Albany. 

It is in accordance with these views, that the Young Men's 
Association has been selected as the object of Mr. Bleecker's 
bounty. Your Association represents all the people of the city. 
It includes within its folds all sects, all parties, all nationalities. 
All share in its labors and in its benefits. All combine their 
efforts for mutual improvement, and for intellectual and moral 
advancement. This is in every respect in accordance with the 



30 HISTORY OF THE 

policy on which our government was established, that of absolute 
equality of political right, and of entire independence and full 
protection of the rights of conscience, without both of which 
our government would be a failure. Membership, activity and 
interest in your Association involve no surrender of personal 
belief or of convictions of duty; but they tend, by bringing per- 
sons who differ into such friendly intercourse, to break down 
the walls of bigotry and prejudice which too often separate sects 
and parties, and to promote feelings of toleration and respect 
and habits of courtesy towards those from whom we differ. In 
short, such intercourse between the young men of your Asso- 
ciation, with the improvement thus secured to them, goes far to 
prepare them for the high and sacred duties of citizenship which 
will soon devolve on them. 

Our hope for the future is in the young men of the country. 
Upon them we must depend for defending the principles to which 
I have referred, without which our government would be 
worthless. 

That Mrs. Bleecker, who so honorably surrendered the property 
to carry out the wishes of her husband, when she was not legally 
bound to do so, would approve what I have done, is placed 
beyond all question, by the fact that she consented some years 
ago to the renting of the real estate by Mr. Pruyn to your Asso- 
ciation for a much less rent than could have been otherwise 
obtained, for the sole purpose of promoting the objects of your 
institution, thus disinterestedly lessening her own income to 
help sustain your Association. 

In the sincere hope that great good may be accomplished by 
what we have done and with thanks, as a citizen, for your 
energetic and successful efforts. I am, 

Very truly yours, etc., 

Am as a J. Parker. 

Judge Parker, on January 7, 1888, transferred the entire 
"Bleecker Fund" to the Association. 

Upon the 10th of January, the Board of Managers adopted 
the following resolutions: 

Whereas, Harmanus Bleecker, a former resident of Albany, 
left a large estate, aggregating about $80,000, giving his wife a 
life interest in the same, ,and requesting that she make the city 
of Albany or some of its institutions the beneficiary of this 
property after her death. Kuowing the affection which her 
husband had for Albany, and botli respecting and sharing his 
wishes relative to the final vesting of his estate for the benefit of 
the same, the wife conveyed the property in trust to the late 



YO UNG MEN'S ASSOCIA TION. 31 

John V. L. Pruyn, who, in turn, delegated the final execution 
and fulfilment of the trust to Judge Amasa J. Parker. 

Under both deeds of conveyance it was left entirely optional 
with the trustees when, how and to what institution the property 
should go. 

After Mrs. Coster (formerly Mrs. Harmanus Bleecker) died, 
Judge Parker, because of the usefulness and catholicity of the 
Young Men's Association, and because of its being Albany's 
nearest approach to a public library, offered to give the entire 
Bleecker property, amounting by judicious management to 
about $130,000, to the Association upon the sole condition that 
it would raise the additional sum of $50,000 on or before Janu- 
ary 1, 1888, to be used, together with a part of the trust estate, 
to build a public hall, the full use and control of which, and of 
the Bleecker fund, should be vested in the life trustees of the 
Association for its individual benefit and advantage. 

The remainder of the fund not used for the building of the 
hall is to be invested for the benefit of the Association. 

The Association, for the last thirteen years, has received sub- 
stantial assistance by way* of low rentals from the Bleecker 
property, its present home, without which it would have been 
seriously embarrassed and its usefulness thereby impaired. 

The citizens of Albany and others have generously subscribed 
nearly $56,000 to enable the Association to accept Judge 
Parker's magnanimous offer. 

The entire Bleecker estate has been turned over to the Asso- 
ciation, thus placing it upon a sound and reliable basis and 
thereby increasing its power to do good and to benefit the public 
generally. 

Therefore, Cherishing the memories and holding in grateful 
remembrance the munificent generosity of both Harmanus 
Bleecker and his wife, it is 

Resolved, That the thanks and gratitude of the Young Men's 
Association be and hereby are extended to Judge Amasa J. 
Parker for his gift to it of the Bleecker fund. 

That we hereby make our grateful acknowledgments to 
the citizens of Albany, and to all others who have subscribed 
and aided in the securing for the Association of the Bleecker 
Fund. 

That whilst we ignore no efforts nor assistance from any 
source whatsoever, and disclaiming any intent to make invidious 
distinction or reference to any individual actions in our behalf, 
we feel that to the labors of the newspapers of our city and of 
John Boyd Thacher, mayor of Albany, we are largely indebted 
for the success of our undertaking to raise this sum which 
has placed the "Bleecker fund" at our disposal and to our 
benefit. 



32 HISTORY OF THE 

That to all and every of the persons who have subscribed to 
said sum $50 or upwards, the usual life membership certificates 
be issued upon their paying their several subscriptions. 

That the foregoing be entered upon the minutes, published in 
the daily newspapers, and that the president of the Association 
inform Judge Parker and Mayor Thacher individually and 
expressly in writing of our acknowledgments to them for their 
distinguished offices in our behalf. 

On the evening of December 31, 1887, a concert was given in 
Union Hall in aid of the "Public Hall Fund," the hall having 
been donated by the Young Men's Catholic Union. The follow- 
ing programme was carried out under the direction of Mr. F. 
W. Mills, organist of St. Peter's Church : 

PART I. 

Chorus — "The Stars that above Us are Shining " Weber 

St. Peter's Church Choir. 

Duett — "Crucifix" Faure 

Messrs. Ernest D. Sweet and Edward McClaskey. 

Contralto Solo — ' ' The Proposal " Strelezki 

Miss Gertrude Stein. 

Tenor Solo — Mignon Thomas 

Mr. James J. Beresford. 

Reading, " The Chariot Race," from "Ben Hur" Wallace 

Miss Agnes R. Davison. 

Aria — Posa la Roca Marchesi 

Mrs. W. J. Bentley. 

Baritone Solo — " Storm and Sunshine " Buck 

Mr. E. A. Kellogg. 

Recitation, " The Burning Ship " McNaughton 

Mr. Thomas J. Lanahan. 

Cornet Solo — Fantasie Hartman 

Mr. D. H. Stubblebein. 

PART II. 

Bridal Chorus — " The Rose Maiden " Cowan 

St. Peter's Church Choir. 

Soprano Solo Selected 

Mrs. O. C. Shafer. 

Bass Solo — " Will o' the Wisp " Cherry 

Mr. Townsend Fellows. 

Contralto Solo — " Where the Lindens Bloom " Buck 

Miss Augusta A. Lewi. 

Reading, "Jem's Last Ride " Anon. 

Miss Theresa F. Smith. 

Aria — Flower Song (Faust) Gounod 

Mrs. R. J. Doolan. 

Recitation, " Dandy Fifth Gassaway 

Mr. Eugene Brumaghim. 

Chorus — We are Singers, Singing Blithely Rossini 

St. Peter's Church Choir. 



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The committee is under obligations to Messrs. Cluett & Sons 
for the Steinway concert grand piano used on this occasion; to 
Frank C. Green for the removal of the same to and from the 
hall; also, to John EbeL E. G-. Wilbur, and Mrs. Mary Harris, 
for the use of carriages. The services of all participants were 
given gratuitously. 

In order to awaken a general interest and to systematize the 
work, the following committees were named to canvass the busi- 
ness interests, trades and professions, and to their work is due 
a great deal of the credit for the success of the subscription : 



mnce — W. W. Byington, R. V. Dewitt, Thomas Austin, 
Max Kurth, T. J. Williams. 

Banks — I. D. F. Lansing, Thomas W. Oantwell, Henry W. 
Garfield, William Bruce, Benj. R. Spelman, Jr., Willis G. 
Nash. 

TJie Press — James H. Manning and George B. Gallup, The 
Argus ; John A. Sleicher and Thomas Sammons, the Journal ; 
S. BT. D. North and John D. Whish, the Express; John H. Far- 
rell and H. W. Smith, the Press and Knickerbocker; T. 0. 
Callicott and H. P. Phelps, the Evening Times; F. W. White 
and G. E. Graham, the Union; R. M. Griffin and Montgomery 
Griffin, the Post; August Miggael, the Freie Blaetter; Jacob 
Heinmiller, the Herold. 

Public Officers — William G. Rice, Andrew S. Draper, Elliot 
Danforth, W. H. Terrell, William H. Haskell. 

Trades and Labor Organizations — Thomas J. Dowling. 

Lawyers — Chas. J. Buchanan, Albert Hessberg, Arthur L. 
Andrews, Thos. F. Wilkinson, Wm. P. Rudd, Wm. H. King. 

Physicians and Druggists — Henry E. Mereness, L. B. Winne, 
Wm. E. Scott, Charles H. Gaus, Herman Bendell. 

Grocers. Wholesale and Retail — Chas. B. Dunham, Fred. A. 
Sarauw, Saui'l 0. Wooster, Wm. H. Smith, G. James Greene. 

Hotels and Boarding Houses — M. B. Sherman, S. Ed. Miller, 
Jr., Frank Vanderzee, James W. Ten Eyck, G. Henry Secor. 

Livery Stables, Carriage Builders, Feed Stores and Harness 
Makers — Dr. Edward Moore, Geo. L. Russell, R. G. Wilbur, A. 
R. Armington, John H. Quinby. 

Lumber Dealers — Dean Sage, H. S. Van Santvoord, Curtis 
N. Douglas, Thompson S. Craig, Fred. Easton, Daniel A. 
Lawler. 

Coal Dealers — Vreeland H. Youngman, chairman; John G. 
Burch, Francis N. Sill, William McEwan and T. C. Rafferty. 
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34 HISTORY OF THE 

Musical Profession — Ed. McClaskey, C. Edgar Wendell, 
Townsend H. Fellows, John L. Gartland and Frank Vanderzee. 

Railroad Offices — Charles S. Pease, Will. L. Lloyd, James W. 
Hutt, John L. Van Valkenburg, Charles V. Winne and E. E. 
French. 

Clergy — Rev. Dr. Walton W. Battershall, Rev. A. V. V. Ray- 
mond, Rev. J. Wilbur Chapman, Rev. Albert Foster, Rev. Dr. 
Wesley R. Davis, Rev. Fathers E. A. Terry, John Hanlon and T. 
M. A. Burke, Rev. H. A. Starks, Rev. Dr. Max Kchlessinger, 
Rev. Dr. Smart, Rev. C. L. Jackson, Rev. Mr. Rogers, Rev. 
Geo. W. Miller and Rev. Dr. Henry M. King. 

Masonic Societies — Hon. Edmund L. Judson. 

G. A. R. Posts— Stephen P. Corliss. 

Knights of Pythias — John C. Nott, John J. Acker. 

/. 0. 0. P. Lodges — Fred. W. Cole. 

Military— Col. Wm. E. Fitch. 

A. 0. U. W. — S. V. B. Swann, Chas. W. Mead. 

Hebrew Societies — K. A. Illch. 

St. Andrew's Society — Peter Kinnear. 

St. George's Society — Edward Ogden. 

Board of Aldermen. 

Patrick McCann, President. 

Patrick McCann, Galen R. Hitt, At Large. 

Ward. Ward. 

1st. Fred. W. Klaar. 10th. Fred. Stackman. 

2d. Chris. Fleming. 11th. Howard N. Fuller. 

3d. Wm. A. Donahoe. 12th. Arthur F. Corscadden. 

4th. James Lyons, 13th. Wm. H. Bailey. 

5th. James 0. Woodward. 14th. David J. Norton. 

6th. Geo. L. Thomas. 15th. John J. Greagan. 

7th. Chas. E. Van Zandt. 16th. Richard Hunter. 

8th. Thomas J. Judge. 17th. Jeremiah Harris, Jr. 
9th. Michael F. Connors. 



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LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS. 



Ackerman, Gilbert H $20 00 

Acker, John J 5 00 

Adams, Fred. H 5 00 

African M. E. Church .... 9 26 

Agne, John 1 00 

Agar, J. G 50 

Ahern, James E 5 00 

Albany Railway 500 00 

Albany County Peniten- 
tiary, Officers 100 00 

Albany Card & Paper Co. . 100 00 

Albany City Lodge, No. 68. 10 00 

Albany High School 451 45 

Albany Public Schools 682 14 

Albanian Lodge, No. 102, 

I. O. S. B 10 00 

Albany Insurance Co 100 00 

Albany City Band 20 00 

Alex, F. & Bro 5 00 

Alvord, William 100 00 

Amsdell, George 1 250 00 

Amsdell. George H 10 00 

Amsdell, James A 10 00 

Ames, F. Le Grand 25 00 

Annesley, Richard L 100 00 

Andrews, Arthur L 25 00 

Andrews, Buel C 10 00 

Andrews, Wm. D. & Bro. . 10 00 

Andrews, Charles B 10 00 

Andrews, Horace 10 00 

Anteman, William F 5 00 

Angle, Clarence B 5 00 

Anable, Henry B 5 00 

Appleton, Mrs. William . . 500 00 

Appleton, Mrs. Wm., Jr.. 25 00 

Argus Company 200 00 

Armatage, C. H 10 00 

Arnon Lodge, No. 64, F. S. 

of L 10 00 

Armington, A. R 5 00 

Ashe, John E 10 00 

Austin & Woolverton 25 00 

Austin, CD 5 00 

Auer, John 1 00 

Auer, Louis 3 00 



Bacon, Stickney & Co $250 00 

Banks, A. Bleecker 200 00 

Barnes, William 100 00 

Barnes, William, Jr 50 00 

Barnes, Thurlow Weed. . . 100 00 

Battershall, Rev. W. W. . 25 00 

Bailey, John M 25 00 

Bailly, John P 25 00 

Bates, Edward F 15 00 

Barnet Bros 25 00 

Barnett, Abram 15 00 

Babcock, Shannon & Co. . . 25 00 

Barbers' Assembly 25 00 

Ball, Dayton 50 00 

Ball, Dr. O. D 10 00 

Barber & Bennett 25 00 

Backus, Philo H 10 00 

Balch, Dr. Lewis H 10 00 

Bartlett, Dr. E. Albert 10 00 

Baker, Charles K 5 00 

Baker, Guy E 1 00 

Baumes, James R 3 00 

Ballin, S 10 00 

Barrow, C. C 25 

Baxter, Dr. Edwin C 25 00 

B , F. W 50 

Belding, Prof. Sam'l B 5 00 

Benedict, Ezra 100 00 

Benedict, Geo. C 5 00 

Benedict, Mrs. M. L 100 00 

Benedict, Lew, Post 5, G. 

A. R 25 00 

Benedict, Lew, Woman's 

Relief Corps 10 00 

Beckford, C. A 10 00 

Bentley, Chas. W 10 00 

Bedell, Edwin A 10 00 

Beecher, Chas. E 2 00 

Behan, Thomas 1 00 

Becker, William L 2 00 

Beresford, Thomas H 2 00 

Bensen, Albert V. 100 00 

Bensen, Mrs. Albert V 25 00 

Bensen, Bertie 5 00 

Becker, Frederick 10 00 



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HISTORY OF THE 



Beutler, Wm.F $ 5 00 

Binai Mordecbai Lodge No. 

96 10 00 

Birchall, Geo. H 3 00 

Blair, Burr D 25 00 

Blackburn, J. T. D 10 00 

Blackburn, J. and W 5 00 

Blocksidge, James 10 00 

Bleecker, G. V. S 5 00 

Block, Edward 2 00 

Blackall, Robt. C 15 00 

Blair, Elmer 5 00 

Blatner, Henry 5 00 

Blatner Bros 5 00 

Blossom, Edward F 10 00 

Blakeslee, W, N 2 00 

Black, J. Francis 5 00 

Bowditch, Edward 100 00 

Bouton & Vine 10 00 

Bougbton, Editb, Eddie 

and Etbel 10 00 

Boylan, R. J 10 00 

Bowe, Jobn 10 00 

Bovle, Henry J 5 00 

Bowman, C. W 1 00 

Bowman, Mrs. Libbie 1 00 

Bowman, Nelson C 1 00 

Bowman, Ida L 1 00 

Bowman, Florence 1 00 

Bocblowitz, Herman 5 00 

Boyd, Dr. James P 25 00 

Brady, Antbony N 500 00 

Brumagbini, Eugene 50 00 

Bradstreet's Agency 50 00 

Bronk, Edward 10 00 

Brennan, Edward 5 00 

Bradley, Frank E 5 00 

Brandow, F. H 2 00 

Bradford, William H 10 00 

Bruce, William. . 15 00 

Bricklayers and Masons' 

Union No. 6 25 00 

Brainard & Sbepard 10 00 

Brass, Ricbard W 5 00 

Brooks, Jonas H 20 00 

Bryce, Robert 25 00 

Brown, Samuel W 10 00 

Brown, Alexander F 25 00 

Brower, Walter S 2 00 

Brice, David N 1 00 

Brennock, Wm. P , 1 00 

Browning, Howard L. ... 100 00 

Bradt, F. M 1 00 

Brilleman, Isaac 25 00 

Burcb, Albert W 25 00 

Burdick, Jobn W 10 00 

Bull.M. V. B 50 00 

Buchanan, Cbarles J 50 00 



Burton, Wm. H $25 00 

Burton & Corey . 5 00 

Bulkley, Alpbeus T 25 00 

Burlingame, Eugene 25 00 

Burke, Rev. Tbomas M. A. 25 00 

Burke, Mereditb E 10 00 

Burdick, Guilford D 15 00 

Burt, A. C. & Co 10 00 

Bunn, James H 1 00 

Butler, W. B 5 00 

Byington, Cbas. S 5 00 

Byington, W. W 75 00 

Canton Nemo Patriarchs. . 50 00 
Capital City Lodge No. 440, 

I. O. O. F 50 00 

Campbell, James A 25 00 

Campbell, James S 25 00 

Casey, Daniel 10 00 

Cantwell, Tbomas W 10 00 

Case, Russell C 10 00 

Case, Frank H 5 00 

Carman, Frederick 10 00 

Carey, Lawrence 10 00 

Carroll, J. Ballard 5 00 

Carroll, Jobn 5 00 

Cass, Lewis 5 00 

Cameron, Fred. W 5 00 

Cavert, William W 5 00 

Cask 7 60 

Campbell, S. A 3 00 

Cash ... 1 00 

Casb 1 00 

Cash 1 00 

Casb 25 00 

Cbarlouis, Prof. Jean I.. 25 00 

Cbase, Norton 25 00 

Cbase, Franklin N 3 00 

Chapman, Rev. J. Wilbur, 25 00 

Cburcb, Geo. W 50 00 

Cbatterly, Addison R 2 00 

A child 5 00 

Clinton Lodge No. 7 I. O. 

O. F 31 00 

Cluett & Sons 50 00 

Clark, Wilbur S 10 00 

Clute, William K 10 00 

Clergyman 10 00 

Classen, Dr. Fred. L 5 00 

Clarke, John 5 00 

Clarke, John 5 00 

Cleveland Bros 50 00 

Clark, Dr. R. D 5 00 

Coal Dealers' Board of 

Trade 1,000 00 

Cottrell & Leonard 250 00 

Cottrell, the Misses 100 00 

Colvin , Verplanck 100 00 



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Collins Bros $25 00 

Cox, James W., Jr 25 00 

Cox, John 5 00 

Cohn, Mark 25 00 

Cohn, Gilbert 5 00 

Cogswell, Ledyard 25 00 

Coughtry & Eldridge 5 00 

Coughtry, William H 5 00 

Cook, William J 5 00 

Corwin, Chester D 5 00 

Congdon, William 1 00 

Conners, P. H 5 00 

Cohn, Jacob 10 00 

Countryman, Charles E . . 50 00 

Cook, D. H 10 00 

Cooper & Hoffman 10 00 

Cooper, Thomas C 100 00 

Cooper, Dr. T. C 1 00 

Convery, Wm. J 3 00 

Concert, Union Hall 118 00 

Company A, Tenth Battal- 
ion 150 00 

Company B, Tenth Battal- 
ion 100 00 

Company C, Tenth Battal- 
ion 50 00 

Company D,». Tenth Battal- 
ion 25 00 

Commerce Insurance Co . . 100 00 

Craig, Thompson S 200 00 

Craft, Charles G 100 00 

Cross, James E 10 00 

Croissant, Martin 5 00 

Croissant, Charles 1 00 

Crippen, Charles S 5 00 

Cregan, Irving P 5 00 

Cushman, Paul 200 00 

Culver, Dr. Chas. M 20 00 

Curtis, Dr. Fred. C 15 00 

Cunningham, William J.. 50 00 

Day, Charles E 50 00 

Dawson, George, Post 63, 

G. A. R 25 00 

Davidson, Mrs. Alex 20 00 

Davidson, George G 25 00 

Day, Edwin G 10 00 

Danforth, Elliott 10 00 

Davis, John M 5 00 

Dalrymple & Warner 5 00 

Daley, William 1 00 

Davenport, Samuel J 20 00 

Deyermand, William 250 00 

Deming, Philander 50 00 

Dewey, George W 50 00 

D. & H. C. Co. and West 
Shore freight house em- 
ployees 39 00 



Dederick, Aaron M $25 00 

De Witt, Richard V 25 00 

Delehanty, Michael, & Son, 25 00 

Delehanty, John A 25 00 

Delehanty, Frank B 10 00 

Dean, Fred. A 10 00 

Delaney, Peter J 10 00 

De Freest, Charles R 10 00 

Dennison, Fred. P 5 00 

Dennison, Edgar V 5 00 

De Wilde, Philip 2 00 

Delano, W. R 1 00 

De Noyelles, Chester B. . . 3 00 

De Groot, Chas. E 2 00 

Dickson, Walter 50 00 

Doane, Rev. Wm. Croswell 25 00 

Douw, Miss D. M 50 00 

Dorr, Henry 50 00 

Dobler, A. Fred 50 00 

Downing, George 10 00 

Doolan, Richard J 10 00 

Donovan, Florence F 10 00 

Doyle, John 5 00 

Doyle, Wm. R 1 00 

Dolan, Thomas J 5 00 

Dorn, George 5 00 

Douglas, Mrs. Sarah M . . . 5 00 

Dougherty, Edward J. . . . 5 00 

Donahoe, Stephen F 1 00 

Donahoe, John H 1 00 

Domery, T., Jr 50 

Donn, William. 2 00 

Draper, Andrew S 25 00 

Drislane, Wm. E 5 00 

Durant, Edward P 50 00 

Durant; Edward A., Jr 100 00 

Dubuque, Louis R 50 00 

Dun, R. G. &Co 50 00 

Dunham, William J 25 00 

Dunham, Charles B 25 00 

Dugan, Thomas 5 00 

Dyer, Bradbury 10 00 

Eastman, Prosper L 100 00 

Easton, Edward 50 00 

Easton, Frederick 50 00 

Easton, William 50 00 

Eaton, James W 50 00 

Eaton & Kirch way: 25 00 

Eagan, Patrick 5 00 

Earl, Charles R 5 00 

East New York Shoe Co., 

Employees 15 00 

Edwards, Leslie 2 00 

Ehrman, Ferd 10 00 

Eichenbronner, Jacob 5 00 

Elmendorf , William B. . . . 10 00 

Ellis, Edwin 10 00 



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HISTORY OF THE 



Eustace, Mark S $10 00 

Ewing, Erastus 10 00 

Eyres, H. G. & Co 10 00 

Fairfield, Charles 10 00 

Farlin, Dudley 50 00 

Farneswortk, John G 10 00 

Falke, Henry 5 00 

Fay, James 5 00 

Fasoldt, Charles 5 00 

Fasoldt, Ernest 1 00 

Fitzsiuiinons, Philip 20 00 

Fitzgerald's Sons 5 00 

Fish, Julius & Bro 5 00 

Fleischman, David 20 00 

Fleming, William 5 00 

Fort's, P. V., Sons & Co. . 50 00 

Fowler, Dr. Amos 10 00 

Foster & Gove 10 00 

Fox, William F 1 00 

Fraser, Lock wood & Co. . . 25 00 

Freeman, William F . . . . 25 00 

French, F. S 50 

Friend, "A" 25 00 

Frank, Christian 5 00 

Frothingham, Walter 25 00 

Fuller, Howard N 10 00 

Fuller, Osgood E 5 00 

Fuller, Andrew 5 00 

Female Lundy Society. ... 25 00 

Fellows, Townsend H 5 00 

Fearey, Joseph & Son 50 00 

Fuller & Wheeler 500 00 

Gaus, Dr. Charles H 50 00 

Gazeley, James 25 00 

Gay, Mrs. H. D 15 00 

Gav & Quinby 100 00 

Gale, George C 10 00 

Gardner, Christopher 10 00 

Gardiner, James T 10 00 

Gass, James 5 00 

Gallup, Byron W 2 00 

Gannon, P.J 1 00 

Galligher, Matilda 10 00 

Garrity, John J 10 00 

Gartland, John L 5 00 

Geer, Robert 25 00 

Gersbach, Constance 10 00 

Genter & Pappalau 5 00 

Gick & Sayles 50 00 

Gibson, Charles 50 00 

Gibson, Robert W 25 00 

Gilmour, Allan 25 00 

Gilmour, Neil 10 00 

Gioth, Fred 25 00 

Giles, Dr. Henry W 5 00 

Gifford, John 1 5 00 



Gilliland, Wm. C $2 00 

Gideon Lodge, No. 140. . . 50 00 

Gladding, Daniel P 50 00 

Gladding, Mrs. D. P 10 00 

Glavin, John 5 00 

Gleason, James M 2 00 

Goold, James, Co., The. . . 50 00 

Goold, William D 10 00 

Gould, Wm., Jr. & Co 50 00 

Gould, Anthony 50 00 

Gould, Charles J 10 00 

Gould, William 10 00 

Gorham, Dr. George E 5 00 

Goffe, Henry A 5 00 

Gorman, Michael J 5 00 

Goodwin, Scott D. M 25 00 

Gregory, Clifford D 50 00 

Gregory, Mrs. Clifford D.. 50 00 

Gregory, George Steuart. . 10 00 

Gross, James H 50 00 

Gross, Eugene P 50 00 

Green, G. James 50 00 

Greene, Geo. K 100 

Green, Ernest L 1 00 

Greene, James A 1 00 

Gray, James A 25 00 

Gray, William J 5 00 

Gray, Stephen R 25 00 

Gray, James S 5 00 

Graves, Anthonv G 5 00 

Graves, A 5 00 

Groesbeck, Edward A 25 00 

Groesbeck, James 5 00 

Gregan, John J 10 00 

Gremmler, Frank A 5 00 

Grogan, Michael 5 00 

Ground, G. H. & J. P 5 00 

Gracie, Wm. B 2 00 

Griffin, T. A., Jr 5 00 

Guthrie, William R 10 00 

Guthrie, Alfred A 5 00 

Guttman, John 10 00 

Hale, Matthew 150 00 

Hale, William H 5 00 

Havens, Morton 50 00 

Hatt, Samuel S 25 00 

Hall, Parker 15 00 

Hall, Lewis B 25 00 

Harris, Hamilton 50 00 

Harris, Frank 10 00 

Harris, Samuel C 5 00 

Harriott, Marvin B 10 00 

Hamilton, Alfred S 50 00 

Hamilton, Andrew 10 00 

Hammond, C. D 10 00 

Hammond, A. S 1 00 

Hackett, Edward F 25 00 



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Haight & Clark $25 00 

Hanlon, Rev. John 1 00 

Hartnett, DanielJ 10 00 

Halpin, Daniel P 10 00 

Hart, John 5 00 

Hankinson, S. K 5 00 

Harrigan, John 5 00 

Hassell, Wm. H 5 00 

Harcourt, Wm. K 2 00 

Harcourt, Geo. W 25 

Hatton, N 1 00 

Hawkins, Philip 50 

Hagaman, Wm 5 00 

Harper & Westcott 25 00 

Harper, Joseph 5 00 

Haskell & Cleghorn 25 00 

Herrick, D. Cady 50 00 

Herrick, Wm. C 25 00 

Hendrick, James 10 00 

Hendrick, Lawrence H 5 00 

Hessberg, Albert 50 00 

Hessberg, Samuel 5 00 

Heiser, Muhlf elder & Co., 25 00 

Helmes Bros 10 00 

Herschberger, Henry . 5 00 

Hein, Morris 10 00 

Henzel, Joseph 1 00 

Hinckel Brewing Co 100 00 

Hill, William J 25 00 

Hill, David 25 00 

Hill, Cornelius 5 00 

Hickey, Michael M 1 00 

Hines, John 1 00 

Hillman, Joseph 10 00 

Hotaling, Lansing 50 00 

Hotaling, Hiram 5 00 

Hobbs, Edward A 25 00 

Holler, Jacob 25 00 

Holliday, J 2 00 

Horton, Wallace N 25 00 

Horton, E 50 

Holmes, Alex. M 10 00 

Holland Bros 5 00 

Howell, Geo. R 5 00 

Honig, Wm 1 00 

Hoyt, W.'E 2 00 

Hoffman, John 25 00 

Hoos, Watson J 2 00 

Hovey, James 5 00 

Hough, N. F 5 00 

Houck, James A 200 00 

Houck, Clarence A 50 00 

Hoffman, F. W 10 00 

Hodgkins, Stephen C 10 00 

Holbrook, Edwin M 10 00 

Howe, John A 5 00 

Hooper, Chas. V 5 00 

Horst, Rudolph 5 00 



Horst, Frederick J $15 00 

Horst, Frederick J., Jr 5 00 

"Huylers" 15 00 

Hun, M. T. and L. G 100 00 

Hugbson, Ward C 50 00 

Huested, A. B. & Co 15 00 

Hurlbut,E. P 10 00 

Hudson, William C 10 00 

Huddleston, Dr. Chas. F. . 10 00 

Hunt, Hamilton 5 00 

Hussey, Edward J 5 00 

Hutt, "James W 25 00 

Huyck & Argersinger 100 00 

Hydeman, Moses M 10 00 

Hydeman, Solomon M 5 00 

Illch, K. A. & Sons 5 00 

Illch, Simon & Sons 5 00 

Janes, Franklin H 25 00 

Janes, J. Edward 15 00 

Jenkins, Charles M 50 00 

Jones, Andrew B 50 00 

Jones, Dr. Charles E 25 00 

Jones, Hon. Edward F 10 00 

Jones, J. A 2 00 

Johnston, J, & C 100 00 

Johnson, Benjamin W 20 00 

Johnson, William 10 00 

Johnson, John M 5 00 

Johnson & Co 5 00 

Johnson, W. S. & Bro 5 00 

Johnson, W. E 25 

Johnson, Frank M 5 00 

Judson, Miss Elizabeth W. 25 00 

Judson, Albert C 25 00 

Judson, Edmund L., 2d. . . 5 00 

Kautz, John A 10 00 

Karl, Henry 5 00 

Kaestner, William 5 00 

K , A. F 50 

K , C. A 50 

Keeler, William H 100 00 

Keeler, John 25 00 

Kelly, John T 50 00 

Kelly, Henry 50 00 

Keeshan, Dennis J 25 00 

Keeshan Rhody 2 00 

Kelly, David H 1 00 

Kearney, Palmer & Kear- 
ney 10 00 

Kearney, Edward J 25 00 

Kearney, Henry J 50 00 

Kernan & Shea 10 00 

Kenny, Edgar 5 00 

Kennedy, Wm. M 5 00 

Kean, Edward G 5 00 



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HISTORY OF THE 



Keating, W. E $5 00 

Keller, Geo. A 5 00 

Kemper, George G 50 

Kerwin, T. E. & Bro 5 00 

King, J. Howard 500 00 

King, William H 50 00 

Kinnear, Peter 250 00 

Kidd, Mrs. James 200 00 

Kidd, William 100 00 

Kimball, James S 25 00 

Kibbe, Austin S 25 00 

Killip, Josepb B 25 00 

Kingsbury, John 25 00 

Kiernan, Thomas 1 00 

Klaar, Fred. W 5 00 

Knowles, Charles R 25 00 

Knowles, E. J 15 00 

Knights of Labor, L. A., 

No. 2020 25 00 

Kreischer, Jacob 25 00 

Kurth, Max 50 00 

Kunkle, Martin 25 00 

Kyle, James 25 

Lansing, Abraham 250 00 

Lansing, Isaac D. F 50 00 

Lansing, Charles B 500 00 

Lansing, Charles B 50 00 

Lansing, J. Townsend 100 00 

Lansing, Edward Y 25 00 

Lanahan, Thomas J 5 00 

Lang, Chas. M 5 00 

La Moure, Dr. Uriah B. . . 50 00 

Lawson, Joseph M 10 00 

Lawson, Isaac 20 00 

La Dow, Charles 100 00 

La Rose, Anthime F 50 00 

Lacy, Mrs. William 25 00 

Lathrop, Ariel. .' 100 00 

Lathrop, Ralph 25 00 

Laventall, Julius 20 00 

Lacey, Sanford 5 00 

Lawler, Thomas C 5 00 

Lape, Charles 25 

Lee, Geo. C, Jr 5 00 

Lent, J 25 

Lewi, Dr. Jos 10 00 

Liscomb, O. P 50 00 

Littlefield & Co 25 00 

Li pman, Henry W 10 00 

Lloyd, Will. L 5 00 

Lodge, Barrington, Jr 50 00 

Lodge, Benjamin 25 00 

Long, James 15 00 

Logan, F. F 5 00 

Lochner, Jacob L 25 00 

Lonergan, Cornelius, Jr.. 5 00 

Lord, Edmund J 5 00 



Lord, Edmund W $5 00 

Lowenthal, J 5 00 

Loeb, Wm. J 2 00 

Loftus, Thos. W 2 00 

Long, Edward H 5 00 

Ludden, Rev. James 25 00 

Martin, Prof. W. L 25 00 

Martin, Bradley 100 00 

Martin, Howard 10 00 

Martin & Sweny 100 00 

Martin, James 10 00 

Marsh & Hoffman 15 00 

Marsh, Chas. W 2 00 

Mack, Ed. Elisha 50 00 

Mack, John 50 00 

Marcy, Henry S 10 00 

Marcy, John H 2 00 

Mann, Waldman & Co 50 00 

Mann, David S 10 00 

Mann, EnosR 5 00 

Mann, Peter H 2 00 

Mann, A. B 1 00 

Mandelbaum, Jos 5 00 

Mandelbaum, M 5 00 

Mather Bros 50 00 

Matthews, James C 10 00 

Mattoon, David 25 00 

Masterson, Jobn P 10 00 

Maher, Edward W 5 00 

Mahar, George 2 00 

MacNaughton, James. . . 25 00 

MacDonald, Allan R 2 00 

Mangan, John C 5 00 

Manson, James F 5 00 

Maloy, Henry A 2 00 

May, Chas. S 5 00 

Marvin, Selden E 25 00 

McClure, Archibald 1, 500 00 

McClure, Wm. H 100 00 

McCann, Patrick 25 00 

McCabe, J.J 50 00 

McCredie, Thomas 1 ,000 00 

McCredie, Thomas, Jr 50 00 

McCredie, James 50 00 

McCredie, Donald 10 00 

McDonald, Joseph K 25 00 

McDonald, William 10 00 

McDonald, Donald 10 00 

McDonald, John 10 00 

McDonald, Michael J 2 00 

McDonald, George 2 00 

McKown, Dr. James F 50 00 

McKown, James A 15 00 

McKinney, J. & Son 100 00 

McNamara, John W 75 00 

McNamara, James F 5 00 

McClaskey, Edward 50 00 



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4i 



McNierney, Rev. Francis.. $50 00 

McHench, David B 25 00 

McEwan, Walter 25 00 

McEwan, John S 10 00 

McKinlay & Co 25 00 

McGahan, Robert 20 00 

McHaffie,*Miss L. & Co. . . 5 00 

McHugh, John H 10 00 

McElwee, Alex., Jr 10 00 

McGuire, Rev. Francis B.. 10 00 

McCall, William H 10 00 

McGrath, Thomas H 10 00 

McMillan, H. W. 5 00 

McLane, Hugh 1 00 

McNaughton, A 1 00 

McCanerty, J 2 00 

McClelland, J. C 2 00 

McElveny, Daniel 25 00 

Mclntyre, James 5 00 

Mclntyre, Archibald 25 00 

McClosky, James 5 00 

McQuade, Joseph 10 00 

McCarthy, M 1 00 

McHarg, William C 5 00 

McN 10 00 

Meegan, Edward J 200 00 

Merchant, Lansing 250 00 

Merchant, Benjamin B 10 00 

Mead, Charles W 25 00 

Mead, J. H. & F. A 25 00 

Mead, Frank H 2 00 

Mereness, Dr. Henrv E. . . 50 00 

Merrill, Dr. C. S . . ." 50 00 

Merrill, T. B 10 00 

Merritt, J. M 1 00 

Melius, Wheeler B 10 00 

Meneely, George R 50 00 

Mesick, George S 1 00 

Miller, Mrs. George D 50 00 

Miller, Pevton F , 50 00 

Miller, S. Ed., Jr 50 00 

Miller, Louis & Bro 10 00 

Miller, Albert R 5 00 

Miller, Frank R 1 00 

Mills, John G 25 00 

Mills, Arthur D 25 00 

Milks, Arthur R 5 00 

Milbank, Dr. William E. . 25 00 

Mix, James 25 00 

Michael, Anthony M 10 00 

Morange, James W 50 00 

Morange, William D 25 00 

Moak, Nathaniel C 50 00 

Moran, John H 5 00 

Mount Hermon Lodge, No. 

38 50.00 

Monitor Ice Co 5 00 

Motz, Bernard 10 00 

6 



Moore, Robert H $25 00 

Moore Bros 25 00 

Moore, Arthur D 5 00 

Moore, James C. , 5 00 

Moir, James 25 00 

Mount Vernon Lodge, No. 

3 25 00 
Morris,' L. 0.", Post 121, GK 

A. R 25 00 

Montignani, John F 5 00 

Morrill, Dr. Fred I 00 

Municipal Gas Co 500 00 

Munson, Samuel L 250 00 

Mutual Fire Insurance Co. 100 00 

Murphey, Elijah W 100 00 

Murray, David 50 00 

Murray, Patrick 5 00 

Murray, T. J 50 

Muelich, Casper 5 00 

Murphy, D 1 00 

Mullon's, John, Sons 20 00 

Myers, John G 1, 000 00 

Myers' employees, John G. 51 00 

Myers, Max 25 00 

Myers, Peter W 20 00 

Nash, Willis G 50 00 

Nangle, Martin E 5 00 

Nangle, Wilbur H 1 00 

Newman, John L 100 00 

Newman, Chas., & Co 50 00 

Newman, Rev. Fred. M. . . 50 00 

Newman, Mrs. Mary A 50 00 

Newcomb, Dr. Geo. H 25 00 

Newcomb, Ed. Thomas. . . 50 00 

Nevitt, Henry C 10 00 

Neidlinger, Fred 10 00 

Nichols, Chas. B 25 00 

Nolan, Michael N 500 00 

Norwood. Wm. J 2 00 

Noble, John C 1 00 

North, Howard C 5 00 

Norton, David J 10 00 

Nussbaum, Myer ... 10 00 

Nusbaum, Bernard 3 00 

Nye&Blatner 10 00 

O'Brien, Philip 25 00 

O'Brien, Daniel A 20 00 

Ober, Fred. W. 10 00 

Olcott, Dudley 1, 000 00 

Olcott, John J 1, 000 00 

Olcott, Robert 50 00 

Olcott. Thomas W 25 00 

Olcott, Howard M 25 00 

Oliver, Robert S 100 00 

Oliver, Prof. Geo. E 10 00 

O'Leary, Dr. Daniel V 50 00 



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HISTORY OF THE 



Oppenlieim, Leo $5 00 

O'Flaherty, P.J 10 00 

Parker, Amasa J 500 00 

Parker, Amasa J., Jr. . . . 1, 000 00 

Parke, Philip W 25 00 

Park, Sidney W. . . 5 00 

Parks, Gorham 10 00 

Palmer, John 100 00 

Palmer, Amos P 50 00 

Palmer, E. De L 25 00 

Palmer, H. P 50 

Palmer, Mrs. Luther M. . . 25 00 

Palmer, Chas. L 25 00 

Parsons, John D., Jr 1, 000 00 

Parsons, Stephen 25 00 

Parsons, H. C 3 00 

Parish, Chas. H 25 

Pasquini, Attilio 15 00 

Paige, Wm. B 20 00 

Paige, Leonard 10 00 

Patten, Francis S 25 00 

Patton&Co 100 00 

Patterson, H. & Co 15 00 

Patterson, William 10 00 

Patterson, John S 10 00 

Peabody, Charles J 50 00 

Perry & Co . 1 ,000 00 

Perry, Mrs. Eli 350 00 

Perry, Isaac G 30 00 

Peckham, Rufus W 100 00 

Pease, Charles S 10 00 

Peck, Charles F 10 00 

Persons, Chester E 5 00 

Phillips, Edward 10 00 

Phisterer, Fred 5 00 

Pierson , Henry R 500 00 

Pierson, David A 10 00 

Pitkin, William H 100 00 

Pike & Capron 10 00 

Pladwell, John 10 00 

Piatt, R. D 5 00 

Platz, Peter D 5 00 

Pohly & Co 25 00 

Pohlman, Jacob D 10 00 

Porter, Ira, Jr 20 00 

Porter, Josiah 10 00 

Potts, Jesse C 50 00 

Potts, William 10 00 

Pruyn, Charles L 1 ,000 00 

Pruyn, Robert C 500 00 

Pruyn, Anna Parker 500 00 

Pruyn, J. V. L 500 00 

Pratt, Louis W 50 00 

Pratt, Aaron B 25 00 

Prall, Rev. William 5 00 

Pray, Arthur W 10 00 

Press and Knickerbocker.. 25 00 



Price, Joseph J 


$25 00 


Pyrke, Henry W 


10 00 


Quackenbush, Cebra 


100 00 


Quinn, Bernard 


5 00 


Quinn, James 


50 00 


Rathbun, Acors 


200 00 


Rawson, E. G., Jr 


25 00 


Rally, W. A 


10 00 


Raynsford, George W . . . . 


25 00 


Rankin, Edward W 


10 00 


Rattoone, Thomas 


2 00 


Ramsdell, Ernest H 


2 00 


Ramsay, James A 


1 00 


Raymond, Rev. A. V. V . . 


15 00 


Reese, Benjamin F 


5 00 


Reese, Rev. J. Livingston. 


25 00 


Redden, William 


20 00 


Read, Harmon P 


100 00 


Reilly, Hugh 

Reynolds, John H 


25 00 


10 00 


Rehm, C. J 


1 00 


Rehbun, D. C 


10 00 


Reed, Ed. T 


10 00 


Ridgway & Russ 


50 00 


Richards, Albertus K . . . . 


25 00 


Richardson, Mrs. John A . 


25 00 


Rice, William G 


10 00 


Ritchie, Thomas 


5 00 


Ritschel, Miss Carrie 


6 00 


Roessle, T. E. & Son 


200 00 


Rosendale, Simon W 


100 00 


Ronan, Edward D 


25 00 


Rorabach, Peter J 


25 00 


Rogers, W. Seymour 


5 00 


Rockefeller, John G 


50 


Robertson, Matthew H 


25 00 


Robinson, John 


25 00 


Robinson, Robert 


10 00 


Robbins', John S., Sons.. . 


10 00 


Robinson, William D 


2 00 




25 00 




5 00 


Robe, John W 


25 00 


Russell, Henry 


100 00 


Russell & Lawyer 


25 00 


Russell, Geo. L 


25 00 


Russell, George B 


2 50 




20 00 


Russ, Philip , 


5 00 


Rudd, Wm. P 


50 00 


Rudd, Rev. E. Hunting. . . 


5 00 


Ruggles, \A m. B 


10 00 


15 00 


Sard, Grange 


500 00 


Sage, Dean 


500 00 



YOUNG MEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



43 



Sager, Peter $5 00 

Sager, Henry 2 00 

Sanger, Wm. H 5 00 

Sample, Win. H 5 00 

Sampson, Chas. A 2 00 

Saul, Julius 100 00 

Sand, John H 25 00 

Sanders, Gerritt V. S 100 00 

Sanders, Jacob G 100 00 

Sanders, B. and J. B 25 00 

Sanders, Sarah E 25 00 

Sacks, David 3 00 

Saxe Bros 100 00 

Sarauw, Fred. W 5 00 

Sayles, James 5 00 

Schubert Club 130 00 

Schuyler, Samuel 50 00 

Schuster, Jacob 5 00 

Schermerhorn, Wm. R 10 00 

Scherer, Robt. G 10 00 

Schrodt, John 10 00 

Schrodt, Michael 25 00 

Schooley, James H 5 00 

Scattergood, Albert H 5 00 

Schurr, Christian 5 00 

Schnurr, Max 5 00 

Schwartz, Geo 5 00 

Schifferdecker Bros 5 00 

Schill, Gustave B 10 00 

Schick, Christian A 2 00 

Schlessinger, Dr. Max... 10 00 

Schoneghtada Lodge No. 87 5 50 

Scrafford, J. J 5 00 

Seeley, Geo 3 00 

Secor, Daniel 1 00 

Sewell, Edward W 1 00 

Shattuck, James A 10 00 

Shattuck, James M 10 00 

Shafer, Peter H 2 00 

Shanks, Chas. S 5 00 

Shankland, W. H 5 00 

Shaw & Robinson 25 00 

Shafer, Robert 5 00 

Sheldon, Frank M 10 00 

Shields Bros 5 00 

Shoemaker & Pabst 25 00 

Sherman, Micbael B 100 00 

Shiloh Lodge No. 17 10 00 

Sisson, Noel E 50 00 

Sickels, Hiram E 50 00 

Simpson, Alexander 25 00 

Silberman, Louis 5 00 

Skelton, Samuel 50 

Slingerland, Henry H 50 00 

Smith, James E 50 00 

Smith, Dr. Chas. H 50 00 

Smith. Wm. C 50 00 

Smith, Wm. H 50 00 



Smith, Edward C $50 00 

Smith, Henry L 50 00 

Smitb, Chas. W 15 00 

Smith, Oscar 25 00 

Smith, Pratt & Herrick. . . 25 00 

Smith, Patrick 10 00 

Smith, Frank J 2 00 

Smith, J. H 50 

Smith, James J 2 00 

Smith, E. H 5 00 

Smith, Myron S 3 00 

Smart, Wm. S., Jr 10 00 

Snaith, John 100 00 

Snow, Horatio N 50 00 

Snow, J. W 50 

Snyder, John 10 00 

Spelman, Benj. R 20 00 

Spierre, Alexander H 10 00 

Spencer, Ithamar 5 00 

Sporborg, Joseph 20 00 

Stanford, Leland 1, 000 00 

Stanford, Mrs. Charles 10 00 

Stedman, Geo. L 100 00 

Stedman, Geo. W 5 00 

Stevens, Albert P 25 00 

Stevens, Geo. H 10 00 

Stevens, Clarence W 5 00 

Stephens, Thomas 50 00 

Stephens, John A 10 00 

Strain & Reynolds 100 00 

Story, Geo 50 00 

Stone H. Shanks 25 00 

Stark, B.&Co 25 00 

Stickney, Milton W 25 00 

Stetson, Wm. M 25 00 

Sterry, Edward S 25 00 

Stanton, Benjamin I 10 00 

Stewart, Augustus T 5 00 

Stokes, E. F 2 00 

Staley, Daniel G 5 00 

Stewart, Luman H 5 00 

Stuart, G. A .. 2 00 

Stolp, H. 1 00 

Stubblebine, Daniel H 5 00 

Stoneman, Miss Kate 5 00 

Strong, Wm. N 100 00 

Sumner, The Misses 500 00 

Sullivan, Timothy J 100 00 

Sutliff, John H 10 00 

Sutherland, Willard J . . . 1 00 

Sweet, Elnathan 250 00 

Sweny, Capt. A. H 50 00 

Swift, Alex. J 10 00 

Swart, Adam 2 00 

Sybrandt, George . 2 00 

Taylor, C. S 10 00 

Taylor, Matthias 1 00 



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HISTORY OF THE 



Taylor, James D $2 00 

Talcott, S. V 10 00 

Taylor, J. E. & Co 50 00 

Tabor, Charles F 5 00 

Templeton, John M 5 00 

Terry, Rev. Edward A . . . 20 00 

Ten Broeck, Edward B . . . 5 00 

Ten Eyck, James W. . . . 50 00 

Ten Eyck, Jacob H 25 00 

Ten Eyck, Wm. C 5 00 

Ten Eyck & Lansing 10 00 

Tebbutt's, M., Sons 25 00 

Terrell, Wm. H 5 00 

Temple Chapter No. 5 25 00 

Thacher, John Boyd 1,000 00 

Thacher, George H 500 00 

Thacher, Ralph W 50 00 

Thompson, William 50 00 

Thompson, David A 25 00 

Thompson, Willie A 5 00 

Thompson, William R 5 00 

Thomson, Lemon & Co 100 00 

Thomas, Franklin W 25 00 

Thomas, Jeffrey P 10 00 

Thomas, William M 5 00 

Throop, Montgomery R. . . 25 00 

Thornton, William 10 00 

Thornton, James 5 00 

Tillinghast, J. Wilbur. ... 100 00 

Tinkham, Edwin M 5 00 

Townsend, Franklin 250 00 

Townsend, Fred 100 00 

Townsend, Dr. Franklin, 

Jr 25 00 

Townsend & Todd 25 00 

Toedt, Emanuel B 25 00 

Toole, Edward J 10 00 

Toomey & McElrone 5 00 

Tracy, Charles 300 00 

Tracey, James F 25 00 

Treadwell & Co 250 00 

Tread well, Miss Julia 25 00 

Treadwell, Mrs. George C. 25 00 

Tremper, Cantine, Jr 10 00 

Tucker, Luther H 500 00 

Tucker, Dr. Willis G 25 00 

Tucker, Gilbert M 50 00 

Turner, Charles H 10 00 

Union Clothing Co 25 00 

Underhill & Hatt 5 00 

Underhill, E. W 5 00 



Van Antwerp, John H 1 ,000 00 

Van Antwerp, William H. 250 00 

Van Antwerp, Daniel L. . . 25 00 

Van Antwerp, Thomas J. . 10 00 



Van Derveer, Dr. Albert. . $200 00 

Van Slyke, George W . . . . 200 00 

Van Rensselaer, W. Bavard 100 00 

Van Heusen, Charles & Co. 250 00 

Van Heusen, J. W 5 00 

Van Valkenburg, John L . 10 00 

Van Wormer, Jasper 100 00 

Van Wormer, William H.. 50 00 
Van Benthuysen's, Charles 

Sons 75 00 

Van Schaich, Miss Jane C. 150 00 

Van Gaasbeek, Amos C. . . 50 00 

Van Santvoord, H. S 50 00 

Van Derzee, Frank 50 00 

Van Alstyne, Thos. J 50 00 

Van Allen, Garrett A 50 00 

Van Allen, Charles H 5 00 

Van Vliet, G. Dudley 25 (.0 

Van Loon, Charles 5 00 

Van Loon, Wm. H 5 00 

Van Vranken, Josiah 5 00 

Van Derpoel, Isaac 5 00 

Van Deinse, HE 50 

Van Natta, Stephen D 5 00 

Valkenburgh, S. M 15 00 

Veeder, Aaron 10 00 

Visscher, John B 100 00 

Visscher, Edward W 50 00 

Viele, Maurice E 100 00 

Vint, James 25 00 

Vose, Rodney 25 00 

Vosburgh, Fletcher W 5 00 

Walker, John M 50 00 

Walker, John E 25 00 

Walker, William J 50 00 

Wasson, James D. 100 00 

Waggoner, Jacob H 25 00 

Wagoner, Richard B 10 00 

Wagoner, M. V. B 20 00 

Waterman, Charles F 50 00 

Waterman, Jeremiah 100 00 

Waterman, Edward N 50 00 

Waterman, Silas C 5 00 

Waterbury, William S 5 00 

Wade, Edward 20 00 

Walcott, F. S 15 00 

Walcott, T. B., Jr 10 00 

Ward, Walter J 10 00 

Ward, Dr. Samuel B 50 00 

Ward, Fred. C 10 00 

Ward& Byrne 25 00 

Warren, Mrs. Clement H. . 50 00 

Walsh, John W 25 00 

Walsh, James D 15 00 

Walsh, Henrv S 5 00 

Walsh, Edward A 5 00 

Wald, P. J. & Bro 5 00 



YOUNG MEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



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Walls, Nicholas S 


$50 00 


Williams, Chauncey P. Jr. 


$10 00 


Wadhams, Fred. E 


10 00 


Williams, Thomas J 


10 00 


Wallace, Patrick J 


5 00 


Williams, A. C 


5 00 


Warren, W 


1 00 


Williams, E. J 


50 


Waldman, Louis I 


10 00 


Williams, Robt. D 


5 00 


Waldman, Samuel M 


15 00 


Williams, Marcus B 


2 00 


Wallen's, Fred. J., Sons.. . 


10 00 


Wilson, Geo. P 


50 00 


W , D. F 


1 00 


Wilson, James A 


25 00 


W , A. D 


50 
50 


Wilson, Robert P 


50 00 


W , J. D 


Wilson, Geo. E 


2 00 


Weed, Parsons & Co 


500 00 


Winne, Dr. Lansing B. . . . 


25 00 


Weaver, William H 


25 00 


Winne, Chas. H 


25 00 


Weaver, William J 


10 00 


Winne, Walter M 


5 00 


Weaver, Charles L 


5 00 


Winne, Chas. V 


10 00 


Weaver, Geerge S 


100 00 


Wilbur, R. G 


25 00 


Weaver, S. Gr 


50 


Wilkinson, Thos. F 


50 00 


Wendell, Harvey 


10 00 


Wing's, Albert, Sons & 




Wendell, C. Edgar 


10 00 


Co 


50 00 


Wendell, William 


25 00 

25 00 

5 00 


Wiles, Thomas S 


25 00 


Wells, Robert H 


Winchell & Davis 

Winship, Wm. F 


15 00 


Wells, Austin H 


10 00 


Weller, Anton 


25 00 


Wiley, Geo., & Bro 


10 00 


Weller, F. H 


1 00 


Wickham, Richard 


10 00 


Welch, John G 


10 00 


Willers, Diedrick 


5 00 


Welch, George H. . . .. ... 


2 00 


Willerton, Edmund R 


5 00 


Weidman, Reuben L 


10 00 


Wiley, E 


1 00 


Wemple, Daniel W 


25 00 


Wilcox, Theodore T 


5 00 


Western Union Telegraph 




Wooster, B. W., Furniture 




Co 


250 00 


Co 


250 00 


Werner, E. S 


2 00 


Wooster, Samuel C 


50 00 


Westcott, H. R. & Co 


10 00 


Woodward, James 


25 00 


Whitney, W. M., & Co. . . 


500 00 


Woodward, John 


25 00 


Whitney, W. M., & Co.'s 




Woods, Francis H 


25 00 


employees 


100 00 


Woolverton, Geo. A 


250 00 


Whitney, Stephen W 


15 00 


Woodruff, W. H. D...... 


10 00 


Whitney, Geo. P 


10 00 


Wolf, F. J 


2 00 




50 00 
100 00 


Wolff, John A 


1 00 


White, Douglas L., &Co. . 


Woodbury, Dr. J. H 


5 00 


White, Andrew G 


50 00 


Wright, Henry R 


20 00 


White, Edward C 


5 00 


Wright, Alfred W 


5 00 


Whitbeck, Chas. H 


2 00 


Wygant, Thomas H 


5 00 


Whitmore, Samuel W. . . . 


10 00 


Wynne, F. C 


1 00 


Wheeler, Seth 


50 00 






Wheeler, Edgar J 


25 00 


Yerks, Geo. W 


100 00 


Wheeler, William A 


25 00 


Young, Horace G 


25 00 


Wheeler, Fred. A 


5 00 


Young, Edwin 


10 00 


Wheeler, Fred. F 


5 00 






Whalen, Nicholas D 


1 00 


Zwick, John 


5 00 


Whittle Bros 


10 00 


Zeiser, Joseph B 


10 00 


Williams, Chauncey P. . . . 


100 00 


Zeller, Mrs. Elizabeth 


10 00 


Total 




$56,518 00 





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